[Marshall Islands stick chart] [cartographic material]
- Bib ID:
- 4594688
- Format:
- Map
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale not given (E 167°00'/N 10°00').
- Description:
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- [S.l. : s.n., 197-?]
- 1 model : wood ; 26 x 67 cm.
- Notes:
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- Rectangular shaped rebbelib stick chart used for navigation based on wave patterns. Indicates sailing directions for atolls and islands in both the Ratak (eastern) and Ralik (western) chains of the Marshall Islands. Small money cowrie seashells depict the atoll and island locations. Atoll and island names are typed on strips of paper which are glued onto the wooden sticks. Each straight stick represents regular currents or waves around the low lying atolls while the curved sticks depict ocean swells.
- Title devised by cataloguer.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232460796
- Stick chart donated by Carol Mills, April 2009.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1970-1979
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 70 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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