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Map of the north-east part of Siberia : to illustrate the narrative of the expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820, 21, 22 & 23 commanded by Lieut. Ferdinand Von Wrangell of the Russian Imperial Navy
- Description
- From the English translation (Narrative of an expedition to the Polar Sea: in the years 1820, 1821, 1822 & 1823. Commanded by Lieutenant, now Admiral, Ferdinand von Wrangell ... Ed. by Major Edward Sabine. London: J. Madden and Co., 1840: translated from G. Engelhardt's German translation of the then unpublished Russian manuscript.) of Wrangel's account of his over-ice journey along the northern coast of Siberia. From the mouth of the Kolyma River he explored northward and eastward over several winters reaching as far east as Koliutchin Island, a known whaling port island. Along the way he described "Mountains visible from C. Jakan in clear summer weather." He himself never saw them, relying on native reports. Some forty years later Wrangel Island would be discovered and named by an American whaler who may have been familiar with this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: LC 05024476//r20. Verso Text: MS note: Belongs to RB Book #475.
- Date
- [1840]
- Call number
- 475
- Dimensions
- 17 cm
- Associated people
- Sabine, Edward, (1788-1883.)
