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Description: | Vendor's mark "Sold by J.D. Potter Agent for the Admiralty charts, 31 Poultry and 11 King Street, Tower Hill.". Publisher's mark "Deep sea soundings in the North Atlantic. From Ireland to Newfoundland. by Leutenant J. Daymon R.N. assisted by Mr J. Scott Master R.N. H.M.S. Cyclops, 1857. Upright soundings by R. Hoskyn Master H.M.S. Porcupine, 1862" and several annotations possibly by Kelvin including the tracks of the two cables laid in 1865 and 1867 from Valentia in Ireland to Heart's Content Newfoundland. The annotations are: "Chart of the Tracts of the Two Submarine Telegraph Cables laid Succesfully across the Atlantic between Valentia and Heart's Content in Newfoundland, during the years 1865 and 1866". "The red line indicates the tract of the 1865 cable from Valentia till it parted, Aug 2 1865. The upper black line is that of it's continuation from splicing Sep 2 1866 till completed at Heart's Content". "(dot in circle) Indicates the position of the Great Eastern at noon of the days named". "The blue line is an arc of a Great circle, or the shortest distance between Valentia and Heart's Content" CRE unknown post-1866 The chart shows the course of the cable laying ship the Great Eastern, in the years 1865 and 1866, and a cross-section of the north Atlantic. The base map and section is printed, while the ship's course, and notes are marked by hand, in ink. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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