COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
02295
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02295
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File Name:
02295-4
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02295-4
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Call number:
D821 P265j1 / 1-SIZE
call_number
D821 P265j1 / 1-SIZE
Call number
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Map title:
Chart of the Discoveries & Route of his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper in search of a North West Passage, ...
map_title
Chart of the Discoveries & Route of his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper in search of a North West Passage, ...
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Place of Publication:
London
place_of_publication
London
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
John Murray Albemarle Street
publisher
John Murray Albemarle Street
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1821
publication_date
1821
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Map size height:
35.1 cm.
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35.1 cm.
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false
Map size width:
95.4 cm.
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95.4 cm.
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Item description:
fold-out steel engraved map; vol. 1, following p. 27
item_description
fold-out steel engraved map; vol. 1, following p. 27
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Geographical description:
Chart of part of the Arctic from Melville Island in the west to Baffin Bay in the east. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, names of geographic locations and bodies of water, notations on soundings, weather, and ice.
geographical_description
Chart of part of the Arctic from Melville Island in the west to Baffin Bay in the east. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, names of geographic locations and bodies of water, notations on soundings, weather, and ice.
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Source author:
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
source_author
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
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false
Source title:
Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, ...
source_title
Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, ...
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Source place:
London : John Murray, publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude, MDCCCXXI
source_place
London : John Murray, publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude, MDCCCXXI
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Geographic Area:
Polar
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Polar
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false
Historical notes:
Includes two capes named for the men on the expedition who drew the pictures from which the plates were made, Beechy and Hoppner. Baffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans in northern Canada.William Parry's first independent expedition to find a northwest passage left in 1819 to try to meet John Franklin coming over land. His ships were the first British ones to enter the Arctic Archipelago, and he was the first to reach 110o W longitude. He stayed on Melville Island (named for Viscount Melville) until August 1, 1820, sailed a little farther south and west, then returned to England. He proved that it was possible to winter over in the Arctic and showed that one would have to navigate through an archipelago to find a northwest passage. The second expedition left in April of 1821; two winters were passed in the Arctic, much knowledge of the Inuit was gained, but ice blocked any discovery of a passage.Text states that the charts in this book were drawn by Mr. Bushnan, Midshipman of the Hecla, under Parry's personal supervision.
historical_notes
Includes two capes named for the men on the expedition who drew the pictures from which the plates were made, Beechy and Hoppner. Baffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans in northern Canada.William Parry's first independent expedition to find a northwest passage left in 1819 to try to meet John Franklin coming over land. His ships were the first British ones to enter the Arctic Archipelago, and he was the first to reach 110o W longitude. He stayed on Melville Island (named for Viscount Melville) until August 1, 1820, sailed a little farther south and west, then returned to England. He proved that it was possible to winter over in the Arctic and showed that one would have to navigate through an archipelago to find a northwest passage. The second expedition left in April of 1821; two winters were passed in the Arctic, much knowledge of the Inuit was gained, but ice blocked any discovery of a passage.Text states that the charts in this book were drawn by Mr. Bushnan, Midshipman of the Hecla, under Parry's personal supervision.
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Normalized date:
1821
normalized_date
1821
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Creator:
J. Walker
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J. Walker
Creator
false
Creator:
John Bushnan
creator
John Bushnan
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false