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Shows ocean circulation, polar limits of sperm whale grounds, and equatorial limits of right whale grounds.
"Plate IX."
Accompanying notes about the map in chapter XVI, "The drift of the sea", pages 308-325, especially sections 887-893 and 926-928.
Scale approximately 1:1:91,800,000
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Mercator projection.

Contained In:

In: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873. Physical geography of the sea. --New York : Harper & Brothers, 1856 --plate IX

Citation

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, "Sea Drift and Whales, on Which the Movements of the Sea as Indicated by the Thermometer are Shewn", in Physical Geography of the Sea (New York : Harper & Brothers, 1856), plate IX. M 553 .561

Newberry Call Number:

M 553 .561

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Digital reproduction of: 1 map ; 24 x 39 cm., folded to 21 x 15 cm.

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