Map of the world shewing the extent and direction of the wind and the route to be followed in a circumnavigation of the globe / by Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.

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Map of the world shewing the extent and direction of the wind and the route to be followed in a circumnavigation of the globe / by Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.

Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1856.

NOTES
Pen-and-ink, pencil, and red watercolor.

Sheets joined to form 1 map.

Scale [ca. 1:68,000,000] (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 70⁰--S 70⁰).

SUBJECTS
Winds--Maps.
Atmospheric circulation--Maps.
Navigation.
Nautical charts.
World maps, Manuscript.
World.

MEDIUM
1 ms. map on 2 sheets : col. ; 40 x 61 cm., sheets 46 x 37 cm. and 46 x 36 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3201.C84 1856 .W5 Vault

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3201c ct001301 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3201c.ct001301

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