Chart Survey from the USS Portsmouth
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Title
Chart Survey from the USS Portsmouth
Description
This highly detailed chart from the visit of the USS Portsmouth to Palmyra in 1873, was the standard map used for navigating the waters in and around Palmyra well into the early 1900s, until the US Navy took interest in using Palmyra as a base of operations.
It contains an incredible amount of detail, including a sketch of Palmyra from the common anchorage point, palm trees on the islands denoting the density of growth, lagoon depths and tide height of coral growths.
There are a number of artifacts and evidence of wear, but considering this chart has been sitting in the National Archives for a long time, and in less preserved conditions long before that, it retains an incredible amount of character.
NOTE: this is a very high resolution scan, and a large image file, so there may be delays in viewing/downloading it.
It contains an incredible amount of detail, including a sketch of Palmyra from the common anchorage point, palm trees on the islands denoting the density of growth, lagoon depths and tide height of coral growths.
There are a number of artifacts and evidence of wear, but considering this chart has been sitting in the National Archives for a long time, and in less preserved conditions long before that, it retains an incredible amount of character.
NOTE: this is a very high resolution scan, and a large image file, so there may be delays in viewing/downloading it.
Creator
US Navy
Source
National Archives
Publisher
US Navy
Date
1873-12
Rights
Public Domain
Language
English
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Collection
Citation
US Navy, “Chart Survey from the USS Portsmouth,” Palmyra Archive, accessed January 22, 2020, http://palmyraarchive.org/items/show/132.
