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Eskimaux Chart No. 3...1822 [cartographic material]

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Item

Date:

1824.

Reference:

Local class no.: H3/800/1822, Box number: 2000229389

Local class no.:

H3/800/1822

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4149928

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Coolie Verner collection

Eskimaux Chart No. 3...1822
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1824.

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

J. Murray,

Place of printing:

London (England):

Extent:

1 map.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Inuktitut

Scope and content:

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The map depicts the Melville Peninsula and a portion of Baffin Island, Nunavut. The map shows the location of present-day Igloolik (Iglulik), various animals (including walruses, bears, seals, and reindeer), fresh water, and a camp used by Arnalooa. There are also notes about the geography. The original map was drawn by Ewerat, an Inuk hunter, at Winter Island at the request of Captain William Edward Parry in 1822. This print of the map was printed by C. Hullmandel's Lithography.

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Creator: Ewerat
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Associated name: Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

Lithographer: Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850
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General note:

Published in: Parry, William Edward, Sir, Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...London : J. Murray, 1824.

Source of title:

Original title assigned by the creator.

Custodial history:

Acquired Sept. 17, 1976 from Roy V. Boswell [Coolie Verner Coll]

Language note:

A few place names were phonetically recorded in English from Inuktut.

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminable.

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC6279

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 1: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1997.05.14-1998.01.31, Exhibition title: Unexpected: Surprising Treasures from Library and Archives Canada. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec; 2022.12.09 - 2023.11.26.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

There is a note under the title: "The shaded parts drawn by Ewerat at Winter Island / 1822 / The Original in the Possession of Cap.n Parry."

Series added entry:

Eskimaux chart

Subject heading:

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Nunavut

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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76701/63
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC6279

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [800 ARCTIC 1822] 2000229389

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Coolie Verner collection / e011211396 ; Copyright: Expired ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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