Putnam, G. R. (George Rockwell), b. 1865 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc.] · leaf 88
FIG. 22. MERCATOR PROJECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, SHOWING GREATCIRCLE ROUTES YOKOHAMA TO PUGET SOUND, AND YOKOHAMA TO HONOLULUAND THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO. … FIG. 23. POLYCONIC PROJECTION OF PORTION OF NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. C7n Poly conic Projection 73 straight lines on this projection is another defect, asby the plotting of bearings and angles on approachingthe land the positions of vessels are located on thechart; fortunately, however, the error due to…
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![An illustration from The English pilot. [cartographic material] : The fourth book. Describing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands. Also, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina. showing, The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. (1775)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-englishpilotcart00thor-106-426.webp)