Nautical chart
Nautical chart

Nautical chart

Object number
2019.007.001
Date
1799
Description
Book of nautical charts, titled "Tables Requisite to be Used with the Nautical Ephemeris for Finding the Latitude and Longitude at Sea" owned by Captain Joseph B. Cook. An inscription on the inside front cover reads "Joseph B. Cook rec'd this book in exchange of the same kind which I lent to Capt Thomas Holden, Providence, June 14, 1801." The book, a second edition, was published in London by the Commissioners of Longitude. 
Materials
paper
Credit Line
Gift of Paul Miller
Object Type
nautical charts