Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean

Description:

Founded upon the researches made and the data collected by Lieut. M. F. Maury, U.S. Navy ; Prepared from data furnished by the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department and by the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture. [Legislative Act, June 17, 1910.]. Extensive information on wind and weather conditions during may, U.S. storm warnings and signals, note to observers and contributors, Hydrographic Office branches, equator crossings for sailing passages, isobars and isotherms for May. Legend of symbols shows derelicts and wrecks, drifting buoys, icebergs and field ice, radio stations, magnetic variation, ocean currents, storm tracks, and prevailing winds and calms. 2 inset charts showing "normal reduced barometric pressure and normal temperature of the atmosphere for the month" and the percentage of days in which there are gales. "Printed April 20, 1918."

Creator:

United States, Hydrographic Office., Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, and United States, Weather Bureau.

Publisher:

Hydrographic Office,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Winds, Ocean currents, and Weather

Date Issued:

1918

Spatial Coverage:

North Atlantic Ocean

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zr911jj6525