General Chart of Capt. Parry's First Voyage in Hecla & Griper begun May 4, 1819 ended Nov. 1820.
Scope and Contents
(Map of the Arctic region including Greenland Baffin's Bay, North Georgian Islands, Hudson's Bay. This map has the property mark of The Lehigh University Library Jul 3 1888 (in purple ink) and the printed paper label of Geo. A. Leavitt & Co. Auctioneers, New York 2425 (in pencil). This hand drawn map represents the center portion of the printed frontispiece map in Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in his majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and commander of the expedition. With an Appendix, containing the scientific and other observations. Published by authority of the Lords commissioners of the admiralty. Reprinted by Greenwood Press, Publishers New York, 1968. Originally published in 1821 by John Murray, London). Noted on this map are the observations of open sea according to Mackenzie (1789) and Hearne (1769-1772), Hudson's Bay, Hudson's Strait, Repulse Bay, Fox's Fartherest, Davis's Strait, Baffin's Bay, Greenland, North Georgian Islands, Barrow's Strait, Disko Island, Resolution Isl., Cumberland Strait, Smith's Sound, Prince Regent's Bay, 70° & 80° (in pencil), Mansfield Island [upper center embossed seal of crown and word BATH]
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1824
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (16 maps in 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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