Chart No 8 (Central Pacific, Tokelau Is (Union Group), Nuku-nono (Duke of Clarence I.), and Fakauhi (Bowditch I) and ocean area to south, including Gente Hermosa (Swains I))

Scale circa 1:400,000. Bound in 1926, Pacific Cable Fanning Island - Suva. Chart No 8. Islands coloured. Mss cable routes marked in blue, red and brown. Mss note 'The figures at each position line denote length of cable payed out from Fanning when the observations were taken, but the cable figures in red at the splice & CH. Co show length of cable from Fanning afte the repair in January 1927 when the cable was lengthened by 14.49 nm.

Object Details

ID: PIR267:51/3
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Siemens Bros & Co Ltd; Stanford, Edward
Date made: 1926
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 68.5 mm x 101.5 mm; Between neat lines: 55 mm x 90.5 mm