Whale Chart (1851)

Title

Whale Chart (1851)

Subject

location of major sperm & right whaling hunts, mid-nineteenth century

Description

Matthew F. Maury and United States Naval Observatory, “Whale Chart” (1851) 1 map : col. ; 64 x 122 cm.

Creator

Matthew F. Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts and Instruments (later the U.S. Naval Observatory) from 1842 to 1861. "Father of the science of oceanography."

Source

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:x633f952x

Date

1851

Contributor

Campbell

Files

commonwealth_x633f952x_accessFull.jpg

Collection

Week Six

Reference

Matthew F. Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts and Instruments (later the U.S. Naval Observatory) from 1842 to 1861. "Father of the science of oceanography.", Whale Chart (1851), 1851

Cite As

Matthew F. Maury, Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts and Instruments (later the U.S. Naval Observatory) from 1842 to 1861. "Father of the science of oceanography." , “Whale Chart (1851),” Mapping History, accessed May 18, 2024, http://maps.omeka.bucknell.edu/items/show/128.