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SEA CHART

PACIFIC ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

Catalog No: 80.0/ 3317

Locale: MARSHALL ISLANDS

Country: REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

Date: Late 19^th Century A.D.

Material: WOOD, SHELL, PLANT FIBER

Acquisition Year: 1914 [PURCHASE]

Donor: ANDERSON AUCTION CO.

Keywords: NAVIGATION CHART, SEA CHART

Media Type: Direct Digital Capture

Operating System: OS Mac 10.3 (7B85)

Equipment: Sinar 54s Firewire Camera

Equipment Software: Sinar CaptureShop 4.1

Image Software: Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1

Archive Image Resolution: 4080x5440pixels @300dpi

Image Color Space: Adobe RGB (1998)

Image Bit Depth: 24bit RBG

Source File Type: TIFF

Source File Size: 63.5MB

Photographer: Barry Landua

Date: 1/28/2004

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Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples	SEA CHART PACIFIC ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION Catalog No: 80.0/ 3317 Locale: MARSHALL ISLANDS Country: REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS Date: Late 19^th Century A.D. Material: WOOD, SHELL, PLANT FIBER Acquisition Year: 1914 [PURCHASE] Donor: ANDERSON AUCTION CO. Keywords: NAVIGATION CHART, SEA CHART Media Type: Direct Digital Capture Operating System: OS Mac 10.3 (7B85) Equipment: Sinar 54s Firewire Camera Equipment Software: Sinar CaptureShop 4.1 Image Software: Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 Archive Image Resolution: 4080x5440pixels @300dpi Image Color Space: Adobe RGB (1998) Image Bit Depth: 24bit RBG Source File Type: TIFF Source File Size: 63.5MB Photographer: Barry Landua Date: 1/28/2004 Share Object
The navigational skills of Micronesians were unsurpassed, for in two million square miles of Pacific Ocean, the total land area of the islands was less than 1,500 square miles. Navigators taught apprentices how to get from one island to another, using charts made of sticks and shells which represented currents and islands. This navigation chart belonged to Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). Stevenson and his family moved to Samoa in 1889, where he was called "Tusitala" (teller of tales), and where he convalesced until his death in 1894. The AMNH purchased Stevenson's navigation chart from his estate for $80 in 1914.