Track chart of the world
Single sheet, coloured lithograph. Mercator projection. On the back of the chart there is a handwritten table recording daily positions, speeds and distances and the time spent in each port.
The base chart is a printed proforma for marking the tracks of the Port Line's ships. This one was used to record a westward circumnavigation, from Glasgow to Newcastle via the Panama and Suez canals, a voyage of 30,678 miles.
The base chart is a printed proforma for marking the tracks of the Port Line's ships. This one was used to record a westward circumnavigation, from Glasgow to Newcastle via the Panama and Suez canals, a voyage of 30,678 miles.
Object Details
| ID: | G201:1/69 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Port Line Ltd.; Straker & Sons |
| Places: | World |
| Date made: | circa 1950 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet 50.5 x 90.5cm. |