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OBJECT TYPE: Marine navigational
DATE: 1951
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2878.001

MANUFACTURER: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
MODEL: Discovery Passage & Adjacent Waters
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 107.0 cm
Width: 76.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defense US
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: post WWII; this map dated April 1951
Canada: Unknown
Function: 2 dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/ designed for marine navigation but likely used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on logo reads: "HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE/U.S. NAVY"; lettering on legend reads: "[logo]/NORTH AMERICA/CANADA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/DISCOVERY PASSAGE/AND ADJACENT WATERS/INCLUDING/TOBA, BUTE, AND LOUGHBOROUGH INLETS/From British surveys between 1860 and 1910/and Canadian surveys to 1925/SOUNDINGS IN FATHOMS/reduced approximately to the average level of Lowest Low Water in each calendar month/HEIGHTS IN FEET ABOVE HIGH WATER.....Natural Scale 1:149,705 at Lat. 50 [degrees] 20'/MERCATOR PROJECTION"; lettering along bottom below edge of map reads: "Small corrections/from Notices to Mariners:/from other sources.....Apr. '51/'50-48,52/Washington, D.C., published Feb. 1895 at the Hydrographic Office,/under the authority of the SECRETARY OF THE NAVY./New Publication: 36th Ed. Apr. 1931 36th EDITION, April 1931"; lettering ink stamped on border below map reads: "R.F. BOVEY LTD/530 Burrard St. - MA nne 0271/VANCOUVER, B.C."
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w; gray; shallow water in light blue
Decoration: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office logo at top of legend

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