Benjamin Franklin and Timothy Folger's First Printed Chart of the Gulf Stream
Abstract
A print of the Benjamin Franklin and Timothy Folger 1769-1770 chart of the Gulf Stream, all copies of which have been ``lost'' for nearly 200 years, was found in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. This is the first chart of the Gulf Stream and continues today to be a good summary of its strength, course, and breadth.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.207.4431.643
- Bibcode:
- 1980Sci...207..643R