North America — Ross's 2nd Arctic Expedition & Back's route to find him 1833 map
£105
SKU: P-6-111191
'North America'
The green track shows the route of Ross's Second Arctic Expedition (1829-1833), and the red track Captain George Back's River Expedition in search of him. By 1832 nothing had been heard of the Arctic explorer John Ross since 1829, and plans were made to find him. Back proposed to take fur trade routes to Great Slave Lake and follow the Great Fish River northeast to Ross's probable location. No European had ever seen this river but it was known from Indian reports (it was later named the Back River). Back left England in February 1833, reached Great Slave Lake in August where George McLeod of the Hudson's Bay Company had built winter quarters at Fort Reliance at the eastern end of the lake. He located the river on 29 August and returned to the fort to winter. In March 1834 he received a packet of letters saying that Ross was back in England and telling him to explore the coast from Ross's King William Land to Franklin's Point Turnagain.
Size 26 x 21 cm | 10.0 x 8.0 inches
Date Published: 1833
Type: Antique engraved map
Author: Stockley
Publication: The Nautical Magazine
Condition: Good |
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