Gulf Stream
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
A chart of the Gulf Stream, 1786
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-SC-024-001
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 26 maps of the New World, dating 1541-1778, which illustrate the progression of European geographic knowledge about Virginia and North America from the 16th through the 18th centuries
Dates:
1786
Hydrographical map of the Atlantic Ocean, extending from the southermost part of North America to Europe : Shewing the differt. variations of the compass, the setting and changes of the currents in the ocean, as well caused by the Florida commonly called Gulf Stream, than those coming from Baffins Bay and Hudsons Straits, especially the true distance from Europe to America, ascertained by a late hydrometrical operation, the table of which is joyn'd in print to the satisfaction of competent judges, 1771
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.
Dates:
1771
Remarques sur la navigation de terre-neuve à New-York afin d'eviter les courrants et les bas-fonds au sud de Nantuckett et du Banc de George, 1785
Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-071
Description
One of the preferred routes that captains and navigators sailing from America to England learned to use was the Gulf Stream, a strong, warm current that flows north along the Atlantic coast and then east toward Europe. Initially charted by Benjamin Franklin in 1768, this discovery helped ships minimize travel time across the ocean, speeding up the transatlantic voyage for travelers, merchants, and goods. Franklin purchased this 1785 chart, a French adaptation of his original findings, when...
Dates:
1785
