Whale chart...published...1851.
Scale: circa 1:30,000,000. Facsimile. World map showing distribution of whales in 1851. Mercator projection. One of an issue pulled from the original hand engraved copper plate held by the USN station in Washington in 1967.
Object Details
| ID: | G301:1/8 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | United States Naval Oceanographic Office |
| Date made: | 1851; 1967; 1851 1967 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 102 cm x 68.5 cm |