Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Plan of Hurd Channel 1821
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Accession number:
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02296
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Record number:
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02296-4
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JCB call number:
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D824 P265j / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Plan of Hurd Channel 1821
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Creator 1:
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I. Bushnan
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn by
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Creator 2:
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J. Walker
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Creator 2 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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1824
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 74
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Technique:
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steel engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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23.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.1 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 Hurd Channel [present-day Foxe Channel?] including Bushnan, Bear, and Rouse Islands and parts of Georgina and Vansittart [named for the Chancellor of the Exchequer] Islands. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, soundings, names of geographical locations, directions of currents, and route of the expedition's ships.
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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 second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, 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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MDCCCXXIV. [1824]
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notes:
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This area was explored in September, 1821.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 and much knowledge of the Inuit was gained, but ice blocked any discovery of a passage.Image placed horizontally on page.
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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--Maps
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Subject headings:
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Arctic regions--Maps
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Subject headings:
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Northwest Passage
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