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Map Variations of the Compass for the Year 1925.

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Title

  • Variations of the Compass for the Year 1925.

Summary

  • The annotation on this map reads, "Used in laying out route for flight from San Diego to St. Louis to New York to Paris, 1927" and is signed C.A. Lindbergh. The map bears the official stamp: "CORRECTED THROUGH NOTICE TO MARINERS NO 25 JUNE 19'26 HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE NAVY DEPARTMENT." Charles Lindbergh (1902--74) was the American aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21--22, 1927. Because Lindbergh relied on the dead-reckoning method of navigation, this map would have been useful in determining the magnetic declination (the angular difference between magnetic north and true north).

Names

  • Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 Annotator.
  • United States. Hydrographic Office Creator.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Hydrographic Office, 1926.

Headings

  • -  1926
  • -  Flight
  • -  Magnetic declination
  • -  Nautical charts
  • -  Transatlantic flights
  • -  World maps

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale 1:29,000,000. 2nd edition. H.O. chart no. 2406."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color, annotated ; 80 x 128 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668446

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lindbergh, Charles A. , Annotator, and United States Hydrographic Office Creator. Variations of the Compass for the Year. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office, 1926. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668446/.

APA citation style:

Lindbergh, C. A. & United States Hydrographic Office Creator. (1926) Variations of the Compass for the Year. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668446/.

MLA citation style:

Lindbergh, Charles A. , Annotator, and United States Hydrographic Office Creator. Variations of the Compass for the Year. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office, 1926. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668446/>.