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Chart illustrative of the voyages and travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin and Back [cartographic material]

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Item

Date:

[ca. 1840].

Reference:

R11981-255-6-E, Volume number: 291

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3819263

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Arctic

Chart illustrative of the voyages and travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin and Back
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[ca. 1840].

Place:

London (No172 Strand ):

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

C. Smith,

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ; 26 x 35 cm on sheet 31 x 41 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Map shows the areas of Northern Canada and along the Greenland coast explored by the various captains between 1818 -1840.

Provenance:

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Smith, Charles, fl. 1800-1852

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General note:

Prime meridian Greenwich.
Map indicates the Arctic circle
#6 appears in bottom right margin.
Includes two legends: "Data" which includes information on when the various captains left England and when they returned and a legend on "Exploration" explaining the various coloured areas on the map. Exploration legend also includes information on Messrs. Dease & Simpson.
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 291.
From: Smith's new general atlas, containing district maps of all principal empires, kingdoms, & states throughout the world, arranged according to the general treaty signed in Congress of Vienna.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Copy/version note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27802.

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on information appearing in the exploration legend which goes up to 1840.

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North Pole chart illustrative of the voyages and travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Back [cartographic material]
Subject heading:

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Arctic region - Maps

Canada - Northern Canada - Maps
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.

Microfiche [R11981] NMC27802

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

291 Item no. assigned by LAC 291

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit Library and Archives Canada.
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