COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
34727
File Name:
34727-1
Call number:
D795 H436j / 1-SIZE
Map title:
A Map exhibiting Mr. Hearne's tracks in his two Journies for the discovery of the Copper Mine River ...
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
Cadell & Davies Strand
Publication date:
Jany. 1st. 1795
Map size height:
52.8 cm.
Map size width:
74.6 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of part of Hudson Bay and of the Coppermine River showing the routes taken by Samuel Hearne in 1771. Cartographic elements include location of lakes and rivers, some topographical details, and lines of latitude and longitude.
Source author:
Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792
Source title:
A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c., in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772
Source place:
London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell: and sold by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (Successors to M. Cadell,) in the Strand., 1795
Geographic Area:
Polar
Historical notes:
Hearne, exploring for the Hudson's Bay Company, determined that the Coppermine River was not abundant in copper, emptied into the Arctic Ocean, and therefore was not a northwest passage from Hudson Bay to the Pacific Ocean.
Normalized date:
1795
Creator:
Samuel John Neele
A Map exhibiting Mr. Hearne's tracks in his two Journies for the discovery of the Copper M...
