COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
02298
accession_number
02298
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File Name:
02298-1
file_name
02298-1
File Name
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Call number:
D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
call_number
D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
Call number
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Map title:
A General Chart Shewing the Track and Discoveries of H.M. Ships Isabella & Alexander to Davis's Straits & Baffin's Bay ...
map_title
A General Chart Shewing the Track and Discoveries of H.M. Ships Isabella & Alexander to Davis's Straits & Baffin's Bay ...
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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:
1819
publication_date
1819
Publication date
false
Map size height:
23.1 cm.
map_size_height
23.1 cm.
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false
Map size width:
45 cm.
map_size_width
45 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
item_description
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
Item description
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Geographical description:
Chart of part of the Arctic including Greenland, Iceland, and Baffin's Bay. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, Names of geographical locations, route of the expedition's ships, and soundings [?].
geographical_description
Chart of part of the Arctic including Greenland, Iceland, and Baffin's Bay. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, Names of geographical locations, route of the expedition's ships, and soundings [?].
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
source_author
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
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false
Source title:
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
source_title
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
Source title
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Source place:
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819
source_place
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1819
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Geographic Area:
Polar
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Polar
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false
Historical notes:
Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.
historical_notes
Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1819
normalized_date
1819
Normalized date
false
Creator:
John Bushnan
creator
John Bushnan
Creator
false
Creator:
J. Walker
creator
J. Walker
Creator
false