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Source Description
Shows seasonal variations and frequency of sperm and right whales in the Pacific, and other waters in the southern hemisphere.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
0c487z91q
label
Whale chart
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
0c487z91q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Whale chart
description
Shows seasonal variations and frequency of sperm and right whales in the Pacific, and other waters in the southern hemisphere.
date
["[1985]"]
year
1985
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_018551
creators
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Great Circle Productions (Firm)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
David Judkins Weaver Papers
subjects
Whales--Maps
Whaling--Maps
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
World maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Beverly, Massachusetts
publisher
Great Circle Productions
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : color ; 36 x 56 cm
notes
Shows seasonal variations and frequency of sperm and right whales in the Pacific, and other waters in the southern hemisphere.
"Prepared for the U.S. Navy by Matthew Fontaine Maury, the founder of modern oceanography. This chart is one of a series that included currents, winds, depths, salinity, temperature and precipitation."
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no
dcId
0c487z91q
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
18014e6e422b2268