Digital Library Search
Image
Download ( 1.61 MB )Permalink
https://www.noaa.gov/media/digital-library-photo/pl23ship3228jpgDescription
The very earliest rendition of a bathymetric map of an oceanic basin. MatthewFontaine Maury published this map in 1853 in Explanations and SailingDirections to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts .... This image wasobtained through the courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory Gilliss Library.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space