The Harvard Historical Ocean Nautical Chart Collection

The Harvard Map Collection has released a novel interactive map showcasing to a greater extent than or less of the fabulous historical ocean charts inward its collection of vintage maps. Sea Atlases allows y'all to explore these historical ocean charts overlaid on a modern interactive map.

Ten atlas volumes were digitized past times the Harvard Map Collection, as well as thus georeferenced inward gild to hold upwards able to stance them on superlative of modern twenty-four hr catamenia maps. Being able to explore these fantastic vintage ocean charts is of assort the primary attraction of Sea Atlases, simply this is solely made possible past times the beautifully intuitive as well as good designed interface.


The habitation page of Sea Atlases consists of a time-line which allows y'all to explore the collection past times the historic catamenia of the vintage ocean charts. Once y'all opened upwards the map interface y'all tin search for the ocean charts past times location. Pan as well as zoom the map as well as the locations of the available ocean charts are indicated on the map past times map markers. Click on a marking as well as y'all tin choose the 'view chart' selection to stance the vintage ocean nautical chart overlaid on superlative of the modern map.