Nautical Chart, California to Hawaii [No. 527 121st Edition May 1925]
Nautical Chart, California to Hawaii [No. 527 121st Edition May 1925]
About this item
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Date
1928
Call Numbers
XV/63
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
Prints - printed chart with manuscript annotations - 76.5 x 75.5 cm.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This is an original finished flight chart from the first part of the Southern Cross trans-Pacific flight, with navigator Harry Lyon's annotations plotting the path of the aircraft. His ink inscriptions include the latitude and longitude, course, elapsed distance and distance remaining to Honolulu. Army radio beacons at San Francisco and Honolulu en...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Nautical Chart, California to Hawaii [No. 527 121st Edition May 1925]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a128198
Signature / Inscriptions
Annotations in pencil and ink made in 1928.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Herbert Dell, 1971
Pic.Acc.2283
This item has been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
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Administrative / Biographical history
Harry Lyon was a crewman on board the Southern Cross flight, 1928, with Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/63
Record Identifier
nZNvyjmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvyjmn
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Reference code
421596
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