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Map Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Title

  • Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Summary

  • Charles Lindbergh (1902--74) was the American aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21--22, 1927. This is the chart with the gnomonic projection that he referred to as the "nugget of gold" that he found in a shop in San Pedro, California, while preparing for his transatlantic flight. It was this chart that enabled Lindbergh to determine quickly and accurately the great circle latitudes and longitudes as he plotted his course. The annotation on the map reads, "Used in laying out Great Circle Course for New York to Paris flight. San Diego, Calif. 1927. C.A.L." In his 1953 book, The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh described his use of this map: "My navigating problems have begun to clarify. I found, printed on the charts I bought, ample instructions for laying out my great-circle route. With the instruments Hall loaned me, I drew a straight line between New York and Paris on the gnomonic projection. Then I transferred points from that line, at hundred-mile intervals, to the Mercator's projection, and connected these points with straight lines. At each point, I mark down the distance from New York and the magnetic course to the next change in angle."

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
  • -  Great-circle sailing
  • -  Nautical charts
  • -  North Atlantic Ocean
  • -  Transatlantic flights

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale 1:14,000,000. 41st edition."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color, annotated ; 64 x 96 centimeters, on sheet 74 x 101 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

  • 2021668447

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lindbergh, Charles A. , Annotator, and United States Hydrographic Office Creator. Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office, 1926. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668447/.

APA citation style:

Lindbergh, C. A. & United States Hydrographic Office Creator. (1926) Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668447/.

MLA citation style:

Lindbergh, Charles A. , Annotator, and United States Hydrographic Office Creator. Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. Washington, D.C.: Hydrographic Office, 1926. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668447/>.