On a ship, the small room or compartment where charts and navigation equipment are stored and used; the chart room.
From chart (from Latin charta) plus house. A nautical term for a specific shipboard location.
The charthouse was the captain's domain—a space filled with maps, compass, chronometer, and the accumulated knowledge needed to safely navigate thousands of miles of open ocean.
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