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Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean
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Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean

"Series B." Explanation dated "January 1860." The trade wind charts were released as series B a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. Two sheets were produced, one for the Atlantic and the other for the Indian Ocean. For complete discussion, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137. Copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing. Includes notes in map area with signature of M.F. Maury.

Date
1859
Mapmaker / publisher
Maury, Matthew Fontaine; Guthrie, John Julien; May, R. L.; United States. Bureau Of Ordnance And Hydrography; United States. Hydrographic Office; United States Naval Observatory
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
10,907 × 5,209 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"Monsoon & trade wind chart of the Indian Ocean" (1859). Maury, Matthew Fontaine; Guthrie, John Julien; May, R. L.; United States. Bureau Of Ordnance And Hydrography; United States. Hydrographic Office; United States Naval Observatory. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon_%26_trade_wind_chart_of_the_Indian_Ocean_LOC_2009575919.jpg

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