Digital Maps and Geospatial Data | Princeton University

Start over

Whale chart [copy 2] Princeton University Public content

Author(s):
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : National Observatory, 1851 (N. York : Lith. of Wm. Endicott & Co.)
Access:
Public
Description:
Shows whale fishing locations for four species by season. Relief shown pictorially. "Published at the National Observatory by authority of Commo. L. Warrington, Chief Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography." "Series F." The whale chart was released as series F a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. For complete discussion, 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. Includes notes. In upper left margin: 78.
Subject(s):
Whales—Maps, Whaling—Maps, Sperm whale—Maps, Right whales—Maps, Thematic maps—1851, and World maps—1851
Call number:
HMC01.7023
Held by:
Princeton: Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library
Rights Statement:
No Known Copyright

Princeton University Library reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made.
You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Princeton University Library claims no copyright or license governing this digital resource. It is provided for free, on a non-commercial, open-access basis, for fair-use academic and research purposes only. Anyone who claims copyright over any part of these resources and feels that they should not be presented in this manner is invited to contact Princeton University Library, who will in turn consider such concerns and make every effort to respond appropriately. We request that users reproducing this resource cite it according to the guidelines described at https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/policies/forms-citation.