A History of Charting Our Nation’s Waters
via noaa.gov
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A History of Charting Our Nation’s Waters NOAA Heritage Deep Dive:An in-depth look back at nautical charts. This story was originally published on NOAA’s 200th Anniversary website in 2007. A nautical chart depicts the nature and shape of the coast, water depths, and general topography of the ocean floor; locations of navigational danger; the rise […]