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Whale Chart

by M. F. Maury A. M. Lieut. U. S. Navy. (Preliminary sketch) Series F. Constructed by Lts. Leigh Herndon & Fleming & Pd. Midn. Jackson. Published at the National Observatory by Authority of Commo. L. Warrington Chief of bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography 1851.

MAURY, Matthew Fontaine
Washington DC,
Hydrographic Office of the US Navy,
c1960.
Electrotyped map.
690 by 1013mm. (27.25 by 40 inches).
15078

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Twentieth century example of Maury's chart, first printed in 1851, here with 'H.O. Miscel. No. 8514', 'Price 50 cents', lower right. The chart shows the distribution of actual whale catches on a global scale, compiled from data extending back to 1830, initially gathered using old whaling log books, but soon Maury was requesting that whalers send in reports of their voyages on forms he had specially prepared for the purpose. At an international oceanographic meeting in Brus...

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See New Bedford Whaling Museum online