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Northern Shores of Grinnell Land [Ellesmere Island]

Description: Arctic Expedition 1875-6. H.M. Ships Alert and Discovery. Explored by the Western sledging party, under the command of Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich, R.N. between April 3rd and June 26th 1876. Kashnor dates as [1877]. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles [nautical]. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 4.
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Date: ca. 1877
Call number: 105:004 M
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Northern Shores of Greenland From Robeson Channel to the 47th Meridian of West Longitude

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Arctic Expedition 1875-6. H.M. Ships Alert and Discovery. Shows Ship Alert's winter quarters 1875-6. Kashnor dates as [1877]. Two coastal sketches. One taken from Mt. Wyatt. Second taken from Mt. Windham Hornby.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles [nautical]. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Art Work. Verso Text: MS note: 3.

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Outward and Return Tracks on the Sea Ice, extending Northward, to 83°20'26"N

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Arctic Expedition, 1875-6 H. M. Ships Alert and Discovery. Kashnor dates as [1877]. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles [nautical]. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 5. Scribble in purple ink..

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Preliminary Chart. Arctic Sea northward from Baffin Bay - Smith Sound, Kennedy, & Robeson Channels

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Kashnor notes, "Takes in the discoveries of Kune [sic] and Hayes, 1854-61; Hall, 1872; Markham, 1875-76." Further from title: From discoveries made by the Americain[sic] expeditions under Drs. Kane & Hayes 1854-61; and in the U.S.S. "Polaris." under the command of C. F. Hall, 1871-2, as derived from charts published by the U. S. Hydrographic Office, April 1874. The coasts of Grinnell Land [i.e. Ellesmere Island] and Greenland north of the 82nd parallel, with the western shores of Robeson Channel, Kennedy Channel and Smith Sound; are from the explorations of Captains G. S. Nares, R.N. F.R.S. and H. E. Stephenson, R.N. assisted by Commandor A. H. Markham, R.N. and the officers of Her Majesty's ships "Alert" and "Discovery" in the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. The southern entrance to Smith Sound partly from the observations of Captain F. A. Inglefield, R.N. in 1852. Seal of Hydrographic Office.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Art Work. Verso Text: MS note: No. 5.

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Northern Shores of Grinnell Land [Ellesmere Island]

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Northern Shores of Greenland From Robeson Channel to the 47th Meridian of West Longitude

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