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    "title": "Pilot chart of the South Pacific",
    "description": "Sheet no. 6 only.",
    "date": "[\"[ca. 1851–1859]\"]",
    "year": 1851,
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    "language": "English",
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    "creators": [
        "Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873",
        "United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography",
        "United States. Hydrographic Office",
        "United States Naval Observatory"
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection",
        "Maritime Charts and Atlases"
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    "subjects": [
        "Winds--South Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc",
        "Nautical charts--South Pacific Ocean",
        "Marine meteorology--South Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc",
        "Pilot guides--South Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc",
        "South Pacific Ocean--Charts, diagrams, etc"
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    "extent": "1 map on 6 sheets ; sheets 94 x 67 cm or smaller",
    "notes": [
        "Sheet no. 6 only.",
        "Shows prevailing wind direction by month.",
        "\"Series C.\"",
        "The pilot charts were released as series C a part of Maury's \"Wind and current charts,\" series A-F. These charts were designed for sailing ships and recorded wind direction observations made by mariners on previous voyages. 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.",
        "Sheets individually numbered, e.g.: Series C. No. 1., Sheet 2. Series C; Sheets also numbered in upper left margin, e.g.: 60, 61.",
        "Includes diagrams and notes in map area with signature of M.F. Maury."
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