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Title	Maury's wind and current charts 1849
Full Title	Maury's wind & current chart, sheet no. 5
Series	Maury wind and current charts
Creator	Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Contributors	United States. Hydrographic Office United States. Depot of Charts and Instruments United States Naval Observatory
Publication Date	[1849?]
Map Publisher	United States. Hydrographic Office
Subject	Nautical charts Ocean travel--Maps Winds--Maps Ocean currents--Maps Marine meteorology--Maps Whales--Maps
Continent	North and Central America
Country	United States
Notes	A series of hydrographic charts for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury under the auspices of the U.S. Hydrographic Office. The charts incorporated data which Maury initially compiled from ships' logs stored at the Navy's Depot of Charts and Instruments (which later became the Naval Observatory). Maury then obtained massive amounts of navigational, hydrographic, and meteorological data from the recent voyages of Navy and commercial ships whose officers submitted the information on specially designed abstract logs created by Maury in return for free copies of the Wind and current charts. Six types of charts were produced: Series A, Track charts; Series B, Trade wind charts; Series C, Pilot charts; Series D, Thermal charts; Series E, Storm and rain charts; and Series F, Whale charts. For a comprehensive discussion of the series and listing of all charts known to have been produced, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury" by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137. Title supplied by cataloger. Insignia of the U.S. Hydrographical Office appears on most of the charts. Finding aid to AGS Library holdings available on the Internet. http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/maury.pdf
Type	Image
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map ; 90 x 62 cm. or smaller
Original Item ID	700 A-Var Maury Charts
Language	en
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am003635
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2010
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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