Image / Discovery Harbor, Showing the Winter Quarters of H.M.S. "Discovery"

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Title: Discovery Harbor, Showing the Winter Quarters of H.M.S. "Discovery"
Creator: Archer, R. H., cartographer
Contributor: Malby & Sons, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1872
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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: Arctic Expedition 1875-6. H.M. Ships Alert and Discovery. Kashnor notes, "The Discovery wintered in Lat. 81 deg. 44 min. N, Long. 64 deg. 45 min. W. Shows Sun Peninsula, Bellot Island, Discovery Harbor, St. Patrick's Bay, &c." Kashnor dates as [1877]. Magnetic compass rose shows variation of 101 deg. 53 min. W. Location of coal seam, various cairns. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Sea miles, cables. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 2.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map 28 x 38 cm., sheet 35 x 45 cm.
Identifier: 105:002 S
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10195
Language: English
Subject: Arctic regions--Maps
Ellesmere Island (Nunavut)--Maps
Time Period: 1876
Place: Arctic Region Ellesmere Island Discovery Harbor
W 64°45/N 81°44 viciN .
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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