Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America, and its adjacent Islands shewing the Track and Discoveries of ... Fury and Hecla, in search of a North West Passage, ... 1821. 1822. 1823.
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Accession number:
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02296
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Record number:
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02296-39
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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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Chart of a part of the North Eastern Coast of America, and its adjacent Islands shewing the Track and Discoveries of ... Fury and Hecla, in search of a North West Passage, ... 1821. 1822. 1823.
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Creator 1:
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J. 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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fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 571
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Technique:
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steel engraving
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Image dimension height:
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56.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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79.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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59.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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85 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 northeastern America with Repulse Bay as the westernmost point. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, names of geographical locations and bodies of water, currents, dates, and route of the expedition's ships. Also includes notations on soundings, geology, and variations in compass readings from magnetic north.
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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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East on the map or chart is occupied by land discovered by Luke Fox (or Foxe, 1586 - c. 1635), an English explorer who sailed much of Hudson's Bay in 1631 searching for a northwest passage. 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.
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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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Arctic regions--Maps
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Subject headings:
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Canada, northern--Maps
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Subject headings:
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Northwest Passage
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