Whale chart

The importance of the mid-19th-century American whaling industry, which was dominated by ports in southern New England, especially New Bedford, Massachusetts, is documented by this innovative thematic map. It was prepared by Matthew Fontaine Maury, an American naval officer an...

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x633f952x
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contentType
map
stage
stage
normalized
year
year
1851
rights
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
language
English
identifierLocal
identifierLocal
05_01_000227
institution
institution
Boston Public Library
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
publisher
U.S. Navy, National Observatory
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