plane chart

British

noun

a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel

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I have heretofore exposed mistakes on the large plane chart, and it is not material to enter further into that subject.

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In this plane chart the South-land also lies fully 40 miles more to eastward than it should be, which should also be rectified.

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It seems certain now that the miscalculation involved in the plane chart from Cabo de bon' Esperança to the Southland in 35 degrees latitude gives an overplus of more than 270 miles of sea, a matter to which most steersmen pay little attention, and which has brought, and is still daily bringing, many vessels into great perils.

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