The Swedish and Dutch Arctic expeditions of 1878

Description:

Includes routes of Dutch expedition, of Professor Nordenskiöld [Vega expedition], and 1875-6 route of Nordenskiöld. Dates and direction of travel are shown. Route of Nordenskiöld [Vega expedition] shown as of August 27, 1878, reaching eastward to Lena River [ca. 125° E longitude]. "Reduced from the Original Charts." Land shown by shading. Lines of previously mapped (false) coastline shown by solid lines. Conjectural coastline shown by dotted lines. Edges of sea ice in Greenland and Barents Seas are shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 1 (1879), no. 1, pp. 16-38; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/8164283

Identifier:

ark:/88435/0r967625w

Language:

eng

Publisher:

London : Edward Stanford, [1879].

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Arctic Ocean—Discovery and exploration, Northeast Passage—Discovery and exploration—Maps, Vega (Ship)., Coastal mapping, Sea ice—Arctic Ocean—Maps, Arctic Ocean—Maps, Northeast Passage—Maps, and Nautical charts

Spatial Coverage:

Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF