G. R. Putnam

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF BOOKS OR PAPERS BEARING ON NAUTICAL CHARTS AND RELATED SUBJECTS

CHARTS AND MAPS

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION FOR CHARTS

PREPARATION OF INFORMATION FOR CHARTS.

PUBLICATION OF CHARTS.

CORRECTION OF CHARTS.

READING AND USING CHARTS.

USE OF CHARTS IN NAVIGATION.

PUBLICATIONS SUPPLEMENTING NAUTICAL CHARTS.

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes:

SURVEYING STEAMER FATHOMER IN MANILA BAY. (Frontispiece)

NAUTICAL CHARTS

BY

G. R. PUTNAM, M.S.

MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
DIRECTOR OF COAST SURVEYS, PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, 1900 TO 1906

FIRST EDITION
FIRST THOUSAND

NEW YORK
JOHN WILEY & SONS
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited
1908

Copyright, 1908,
by
G. R. PUTNAM

Stanhope Press

F. H. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON, U.S.A.