[Maury map collection ; ser. A2], Maury's wind & current chart, S. Atlantic, Maury's wind & current chart, South Atlantic, Maury's wind and current chart, series A, South Atlantic, Maury's wind and current chart, South Atlantic, and South Atlantic
Description:
"Series A.", DLC, Includes notes., Sheet 1 (1853) -- Sheet 2 (no date) -- Sheet 3 (no date) -- Sheet 3 (Updated) -- Sheet 4 (no date), 2 copies., Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: Series A. No. 1., and Various eds. of some sheets with updated and additional info
Publisher:
United States Hydrographical Office,
Subject (Geographic):
South Atlantic Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc
Subject (Name):
Flye, Wm, Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts, Sherman & Smith, Temple, William G. (William Grenville), 1824-1894, United States Naval Observatory, United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and United States. Hydrographic Office
[Maury map collection ; ser. A2], Maury's wind & current chart, S. Atlantic, Maury's wind & current chart, South Atlantic, Maury's wind and current chart, series A, South Atlantic, Maury's wind and current chart, South Atlantic, and South Atlantic
Description:
"Series A.", Copy imperfect: All sheets torn and repaired along fold-line. Sheet 3 liquid staining, minor losses along edges and discoloration throughout, mounted on cloth backing., Does not cover the southeastern Atlantic south of latitude 40° S., and Originall
Publisher:
United States Hydrographical Office,
Subject (Geographic):
South Atlantic Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc
Subject (Name):
Flye, Wm, Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Wind and current charts, Sherman & Smith, Temple, William G. (William Grenville), 1824-1894, United States Naval Observatory, United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and United States. Hydrographic Office
Bookseller's labels: Landbergs; G. Hedberg ... Stockholm. Bookplate of Alarik Waghtmeister. Manuscript annotations on front paste-down endpaper of cover; title on cover "Johan Monssons Karta öfver Östersjön.", Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., Depths shown by soundings., Includes dedication from "Johan Mansson.", North oriented towards the bottom., Title devised by cataloger., and Watermark.
Title supplied by cataloger. and "This book of charts was taken out of a Chinese trading junk of between 400 & 500 tons burden, trading from the gulf of Pechili in China to the straits of Singapore, by Philip Bean, of H.M.S. Herald, in the year of 1841; the junk being taken as a seige by the 'Herald'"--inscription from front free endpaper in 19th century hand.
