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Arctic Sea Melville Sound

Description: Kashnor notes, "Showing the coast from Liverpool Bay to the Gulf of Boothia and Rae Isthmus, with the Subarctic from Great Slave Lake." Two compass roses. Seal of Hydrographic Office. . Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 6. 1859..
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Date: 1859
Call number: 105:006 M
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Discoveries in the Arctic Sea between Baffin Bay and Melville Island;

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Shewing [sic] the Coasts Explored on the Ice by Capt. Ommanney and the Officers of the Expedition under the command of Capt. H. T. Austin... also by the Honble. Hudson's Bay Co. Expedition under the command of Rear-Admiral John Ross, C.B., and Dr. John Rae, in Wollaston and Victoria Land, in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51. Drawn from the Official Documents, by John Arrowsmith. Tracks of 18 explorers indicating coastlines each explored in search for Franklin. Reference table with color key for various explorers. Description of animals on Melville Island and seen from Victoria Channel. Map extends beyond neatline, northeast corner area section added. Submap of Beechey Island.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Map extends beyond neatline.Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS. note: No. 17.

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Discoveries in the Arctic Sea up to MDCCCLII [1852]

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Kashnor notes, "Shows Kennedy's track. Extends West to Bank Straits." Lower right corner: 2118. Also shows Hoppner's land track. Three compass roses. See also map 093:019, later edition of this map with expanded western and southern coverage. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS. note: No.18.

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Discoveries in the Arctic Sea up to MDCCCLIV (1854)

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Kashnor notes, "a fine map, giving Details of all the Lands discovered as well as the North-West Passage, and the most Northerly Lands of the Continent of America." Later edition of map 093:018 with increased western and southern coverage, more detail of earlier mapped areas. Seven compass roses. MS. notes: 37 x 46-1/2; Ships abandoned; April 1854. Other note unintelligible.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: ARCTIC. Label- Polar, MS. note: No. 19..

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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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Océan Atlantique et Mers Adjacentes en quatre feulles Contenant Les Côtes de l'Europe, de l'Afrique et de l'Amérique

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Kashnor notes, "a scarce map [after Jefferys] issued for the use of the French allies during the Revolution." One map in two sheets. Navigational notes, compass variations, various voyages. Author and appeared in references from RLIN record [this record for upper section] Three compass roses. . Prime meridian: London, Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues, Marine. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Chained Maltese Cross Dupys Moyen(?). Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes : 34 (upper) 56 (lower) 63.

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New & Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands within the Limits of the South Sea Company from the River Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through the South Sea, to the North Part of California &c. With a View of the General and Coasting Trade-Winds. And particular Draughts of the most important Bays, Ports. &ce. According to the Newest Observations, By Herman Moll Geographer

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Kashnor notes, "This is one of the earliest English maps to locate Mount Nevada in California, where are also located New Albion, Monterey, Port Sir Francis Drake, Mount St. Martin." Moll rails against French mapmakers at the bottom of this map. Note detailed map of Pepy's Island (nonexistent.) McLaughlin dates as [1711], notes this map as State 2 and gives appeared in information. Twelve submaps. Isle Chiloe, Bay of Guiaquil, Port of Baldivia, Chart from England to the Ananoca, Peypes or Pepys Island, Straits of Magellan, Isthmus of Darien, Gallapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez Island, Gulf of Nicoya, Gulf of Ampalla, Port of Acapulco.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McLaughlin 181; Phillips 554; Wagner 498.. Verso Text: MS note: 192..

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Arctic Sea Melville Sound

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