Elizabeth Harbour by Captain John Ross—2nd Arctic Expedition 1835 old map
£90
SKU: P-7-028299
'Elizabeth Harbour'
A scarce polar harbour chart from Sir John Ross’s Narrative of a Second Voyage, documenting one of the newly surveyed Arctic anchorages encountered during the 1829–33 search for a North-West Passage. The chart is a small but practical piece of expedition cartography, showing coastline, islands, soundings in fathoms, routes, hachured relief and a compass rose. Its value lies in its direct connection with the navigational work of the voyage: Ross’s Victory was probing the poorly known waters around Boothia Felix, where apparent harbours and ice-bound inlets could mean the difference between safety and disaster. Less decorative than the ethnographic and coloured plates, it is nevertheless an important Ross expedition map, turning the voyage’s hard-won Arctic observations into usable geographical information.
Size 15 x 23 cm | 6.0 x 9.0 inches
Date Published: 1835
Type: Antique lithographic map
Author: Ross, John
Publication: Ross's narrative of a second voyage in search of a North-West Passage
Condition: Good |
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