Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Survey of Winter Harbour Melville Island June 1820
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Accession number:
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02295
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Record number:
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02295-15
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JCB call number:
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D821 P265j1 / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Survey of Winter Harbour Melville Island June 1820
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Creator 1:
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J. Walker
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Creator 1 role:
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sculpt.
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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John Murray Albemarle Street
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Image date:
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1821
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 226
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Technique:
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steel engraving
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Image dimension height:
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24.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Chart of Winter Harbor. Cartographic elements include soundings, schedule of tides, scale, compass rose, notations on monument contructed by Parry's expedition, location of the observatory, and topographical and geological notations.
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Source creator:
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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
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Source Title:
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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 of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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John Murray, Publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude.
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Source date:
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MDCCCXXI. [1821]
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notes:
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Chart shows bay or harbor on Melville Island where Parry's expedition spent the winter of 1819-20. The creation of detailed soundings, monument, and observatory were not only practical, but also served to keep the men occupied during the long, dark winter.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.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Canada, northern
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Subject headings:
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Arctic regions
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Subject headings:
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Northwest Passage
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