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Chart of the Discoveries of Captains Ross, Parry and Franklin in the Arctic Regions in the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822

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Title: Chart of the Discoveries of Captains Ross, Parry and Franklin in the Arctic Regions in the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822
Creator: Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent., cartographer
Hewitt, N. R
Contributor: Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1823
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows a good map, according to the knowledge of the time, from the Mackenzie and Coppermine down to Chesterfield House, on the Saskatchewan." Lower left below neatline; J. Aspin, del't. Lower right below neatline: Hewitt, sc. Buckingham Place. Upper right: 76. Kashnor notes date [1823]. Submap: Cap't. Franklin's Journey from Coppermine River, to the Head of Bathurst Inlet, and Return by Hood's River.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS. note: No. 12.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; outline ; 50 x 59 cm., sheet 54 x 74 cm.
Identifier: 093:012 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10
Language: English
Subject: Canada, Northern--Maps
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855--Journeys
Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847--Journeys
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856--Journeys
Time Period: [1823]
Place: Arctic Region
Northwest Passage
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Hudson Bay
Northwest Territories
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Greenland
W 132°
W 36°/N 80°
N 48°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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