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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A marine map. See chart, 1.

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Examples

  • Francisco de Molares, one of the best and most credible of all the pilots, testified that he saw a sea-chart which Columbus had made of the coast of Paria, and he believed that all governed themselves by it.

    The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1892

  • And I also _send you another sea-chart_, like the one I sent to him, which will satisfy your demands.

    Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881

  • The first lieutenant beckoned to a midshipman, who soon returned with a large sea-chart, which the captain spread out on the capstan head.

    Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • The captain, however, who regarded every coast and island with a matter-of-fact eye, and had no more associations connected with them than those laid down in his sea-chart, considered all this curiosity as exceedingly idle and childish.

    Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836

  • Another witness, Bernaldo de Haro, states that he had been with the admiral, and had written (or rather copied) a letter for the admiral to the king and queen, designating, in an accompanying sea-chart, the courses and steerings and winds by which he had arrived at Paria; and that this witness had heard that from this chart others had been made, and that

    The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821

  • Francisco de Molares, one of the best and most credible of all the pilots, testified that he saw a sea-chart which Columbus had made of the coast of

    The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821

  • The captain, however, who regarded every coast and island with a matter-of-fact eye, and had no more associations connected with them than those laid down in his sea-chart, considered all this curiosity as exceedingly idle and childish.

    Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821

  • By all this I knew we had fallen into the north of the shoal, and that it was laid down wrong in my sea-chart: for I found it lie in about 27 degrees latitude, and by our run in the next day I found that the outward edge of it, which I sounded on, lies 16 leagues off shore.

    A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683

  • Companies such as Sony, and Apple own made downloading sea-chart music a multi-billion dollar inustry.

    Article directories Celibataire Urbaine 2010

  • They were aided in this purpose by the fact that when the favorite, who went to seize the property of the ship, was in Hurando, its pilot, Francisco de Sanda, had shown him the sea-chart in which could be seen all the countries which had been discovered, and España and the other kingdoms possessed by his

    History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597

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