·- ·see under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under Projection.
Introduced by Gerard Mercator, circa 1556: it is a projection of the surface of the earth in the pla...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A written deed; a charter. II. Chart ·vt To lay down in a chart; to <<Map>>; to <<Delineate>>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or sea-chart A hydrographical map, or a projection of some part of the earth's superficies in pl...
Performed loxodromically, by means of Mercator's charts. ...
·- A chart or map on which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, ·etc., are delineated. ...
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The name given to the protracted curves of the variation of the compass, known as the variation char...
One constructed on the supposition of the earth's being an extended plane, and therefore but little ...
The well-known chart produced by Halley, whereon a number of curved lines show the variation of the ...