Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet — British Franklin Search Expedition 1850 map
£460
SKU: P-6-111303
'Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, &c'
A detailed record of the route taken through Barrow Strait and Prince Regent Inlet during the extensive search operations of 1850–51 to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition (1845–48). The British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, commanded by Captain Horatio Austin, advanced via Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound with four vessels — HMS Resolute (Austin), HMS Assistance (Erasmus Ommanney), HMS Intrepid (Cator), and HMS Pioneer (Sherard Osborn). They joined parallel efforts under William Penny, Sir John Ross, Charles Forsyth, and the American expedition led by Edwin De Haven. The chart marks the positions of Assistance and Intrepid as of 25 August 1850, together with the discovery on North Devon of “Traces of missing Expedition” and the “Old Encampment of Erebus & Terror.”
Size 25 x 31 cm | 9.5 x 12.0 inches
Date Published: 1850
Type: Antique engraved map
Author: Ross, James Clark
Publication: The Nautical Magazine
Condition: Good |
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