From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:49:27 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: posts:NOAA-charts: Add short post pointing to historicalcharts.noaa.gov
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posts:NOAA-charts: Add short post pointing to historicalcharts.noaa.gov
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+NOAA has a [Historical Map & Chart Collection][charts] with free
+downloads of high resolution scans of all sorts of historical maps and
+charts.  For example, [George Vancouver's 1791 “Chart Shewing part of
+the Coast of N.W. America”][vancouver].
+
+[charts]: http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/
+[vancouver]: http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/VAN520
+
+[[!tag tags/fun]]