The Nantucket whale-men being extremely well acquainted with the Gulph Stream, it's course, strength and extent by their constant practice of whaling on the edges of it. ... by B Franklin
Notes
- Appears in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1786.
- Includes inset of North Atlantic and text in left margin "Remarks upon the navigation from Newfoundland to New-York, in order to avoid the Gulph Stream on one hand, and on the other the shoals that lie to the southward of Nantucket and of St. George's Banks," by B. Franklin.
- Mounted on cloth.
Title: A chart of the Gulf Stream
Contributor Names: Poupard, James and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Created / Published: [Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, 1786?]
Library of Congress: 2004627238