Chart No 8 (North Pacific Ocean, Ogasawara Island (Bonin Is) Chichi Jima (Beechey Group), Haha Jima (Baily or Coffin Group) and surrounding ocean area including San Alessandro)

Scale circa 1:400,000 Bound in 1906 Guam - Bonin cable folder. Chart No 8. Black and white chart. Mss cable routes marked in blue and pencil. Mss note 'The soundings shown on this chart in blue are taken from charts lent by the Commercial Pacific Cable Co' The soundings shown on this chart in green are taken from Japanese Naval Chart No 83. Corrections to III 98'.. Mss text * This descrepancy between distance and length of cable occurs between posiiton by bearings of the Coffin Group & positions by observations and is probably due to the inaccuracy of the land as charted'. Text 'Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd London, SS "Urmston Grange" May 1906, W. Dieselhony, 14/6/06'.

Object Details

ID: PIR267:3/2
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Date made: 1906
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 65.5 cm x 100.5 cm; Between neat lines: 55 cm x 90 cm