Ross, Parry & Franklin. [Arctic Map].
Discoveries of Captns. Ross, Parry & Franklin in the Arctic Regions 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821 & 1822.
- Attractive map largely of Canada from 50 D N. The map centers on Hudson's & Baffin's Bay, but stretches from the north of Scotland to the western shores of the Bhering (sic) Straits. Tracks of the explorers are marked in contemporary outline color, attractive vignette views of Baffins Bay, Barrows Strait, the Coppermine River and land on South Side of Scoresby's Sqd. decorate the lower left and right corners. Copper engraving with orig. outline color, some marginal marking o/w vgc. Plate xliv from a contemporary atlas.
[Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABA]
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