North Pacific Ocean - Kamchatka to Kodiak I.

Scale: 1:5,500,000 . Bound in Pacific Ocean Project 1882 folder. Black and white chart. Soundings in fathoms. Abbreviations Identifcation Panel. Mss Cable routes marked in black. Mss arc of Great Circle marked in red pecked line. Mss section Akishi Bay in Yezo Island to Kyska Island in the Aleutian Islands, 1500 miles. Mss note 'The soundings in green are taken from American chart No 8, additions to July 1874. Mss note ' Cable Lines and Sections of Ground are copied from charts communicated by Mr H. Cameron Q. C M. P. Canada, through Mr V. Chauvin (August 1882)'. The type marked in pencil were added by Siemans Brother & Co Sept 1892. Black number 384 on the reverse of the chart.

Object Details

ID: PIR266:2/13
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Admiralty; Walker, J. & C.
Date made: 1856; 1876
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 86.5 cm x 68 cm; Between neat lines: 78 cm x 65 cm