The_Arctic_Regions,_showing_the_North-West_Passage_as_determined_by_Cap._R._McClure_and_other_Arctic_Voyagers._1856._CTASC.jpg

Summary

Title
The Arctic Regions, showing the North-West Passage as determined by Cap. R. McClure and other Arctic Voyagers. 1856.
Description
Two maps of arctic regions published in 1856 on a single sheet as part of The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. The arctic circle is shown in the lower of two maps, while the upper map shows the Parry Islands in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada. Surrounding these two maps there are illustrations of arctic scenes and people, including Inuit, walruses, polar bears, and the HMS Terror. Bodies of water, islands, and harbours are labelled throughout. The former resting place of the HMS Resolute can be seen in the upper map.
Subject
InfoField
Indigenous peoples--North America, Inuit, Bodies of water, Islands, HMS Resolute, Gulf Stream, Arctic peoples, HMS Terror, Indigenous peoples--Canada, Northern Arctic regions, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Canada, Northwest Territories, 1856
Date
Source York University Libraries, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections, Historical map collection, HMC0004. http://digital.library.yorku.ca/islandora/object/yul:1153559
Creator

Johnson, John Hugh

McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier, Sir, 1807-1873
Credit line Material digitized as part of an Academic Innovation Fund (AIF), awarded in 2018. For more information see: http://avptl.info.yorku.ca/academic-innovation-fund/ .
Geotemporal data
Date depicted
Map location Northwest Territories
Bounding box
75°35′49″N 104°48′18″W  /  75.597°N 104.805°W  / 75.597; -104.805
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Bibliographic data
Language English
Publisher
A. Fullarton & Co.
Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q61467363
Accession number
HMC0004
Dimensions 1 map : part of an atlas ; 37 x 25 cm, on sheet 47 x 32 cm.
Notes Originally published as part of The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. London, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co.


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