Collection search - Chart of the northern passage between Asia & America [cartographic material] / drawn & engraved for Thomson's new general atlas

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Chart of the northern passage between Asia & America [cartographic material] / drawn & engraved for Thomson's new general atlas

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Date:

between 1817 - 1827].

Reference:

R11981-306-8-E, Volume number: 581

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #581.

Local class no.:

H2/1-4000/[1821]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3838373

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Western Provinces

Chart of the northern passage between Asia & America
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Date(s):

between 1817 - 1827].

Place:

[Edinburgh:

Place of creation:

England

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 58 cm on sheet 52 x 72 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Chart of the Bering Straits, showing the tracks of the ships of Bering and Cook, as well as recent discoveries around Vancouver Island. Inland are the routes of MacKenzie from Slave Lake north to the Arctic Sea and west to the Pacific Ocean near Queen Charlotte's Sound.

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General note:

Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by soundings.
Upper right margin "74".
Shows the exploration routes of Capt. Cook in 1778 & 1179 and other explorers such as MacKenzie in 1789.
From: Thomson's new general altas: consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe, and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the empires, kingdoms, and states in the world.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Phillips, Entry 731, no 74., Phillips, Entry 731, no 74., Phillips, Entry 3545, no 74.

Copy/version note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27761.

Exhibitions note:

This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, March and April 1956 entitled Over the Rockies: The Discovery & Mapping of the Canadian West 1700-1886 showcasing MacDonald's Collection.

Related material:

For copies of the Thomson's new general atlas see: G1019/.N423/1827/fol/Vault (AMICUS No 26305957) ; G1019/.N423/1833/fol/Vault (AMICUS No 26305958)
Subject heading:

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North Pacific Ocean - Maps

Bering Sea - 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] NMC27761

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

581 Item no. assigned by LAC 581

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27