Charles Smith: Chart Illustrative of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, and Franklin
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Cartographer:
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Charles Smith
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Title:
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Chart Illustrative of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, and Franklin
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Date:
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1834
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Published:
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London
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Width:
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14 inches / 36 cm
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Height:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Map ref:
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POLAR498
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Description:
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Copper-engraved map of the Canadian Arctic showing the discoveries of Ross, Parry, and Franklin, but pre-dating McClure's successful navigation of the Northwest Passage by a decade. The land's discovered by each of the captains is indicated by colour-coding: brown for Ross, red and yellow for Parry, and green for Franklin. A short block of text in the lower-left corner describes the voyages.
Original hand-colour. [POLAR498] |