Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.44.002
Accession#:
2009.44
Credit Line:
Donated by Mike Blackwell.
Object Name:
Book, Instruction
Title:
Hansen's Hand Book for Puget Sound Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska
Date:
1919
Scope & Content:
Hansen's Hand Book for Puget Sound Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Black leather bound book with a single snap. Chartbook detailing marine passage from Tacoma to Anchorage and Kodiak via the Inside Passage. Compiled by S.E. Hansen. Has true and magnetic courses for passage through channels, bays, inlets, passages etc. Includes some hand drawn representations of significant islands, points, lights etc. Juneau section is roughly page 85 — 104. On the inside fly leaf is printed: "Edwin P. Clark / June 1st 1923 / Ketchikan / Alaska." On the title page is written in pencil: USS Highway / Juneau / 1923."
In the back is written directions from Tree Point to Hyder.
Black leather bound book with a single snap. Chartbook detailing marine passage from Tacoma to Anchorage and Kodiak via the Inside Passage. Compiled by S.E. Hansen. Has true and magnetic courses for passage through channels, bays, inlets, passages etc. Includes some hand drawn representations of significant islands, points, lights etc. Juneau section is roughly page 85 — 104. On the inside fly leaf is printed: "Edwin P. Clark / June 1st 1923 / Ketchikan / Alaska." On the title page is written in pencil: USS Highway / Juneau / 1923."
In the back is written directions from Tree Point to Hyder.
Dates of Creation:
1917 — First Edition
1919 — Second Edition
1919 — Second Edition
Notes:
Navigational hand books such as these were used extensively before the advent of readily available charts.
People:
Blackwell, Mike
Clark, Edwin P.
Clark, Edwin P.
Search Terms:
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Maritime
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Hnasen's Hand Book
Hnasen's Hand Book