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King William Land : showing the line of retreat of the Franklin expedition

Description:

Route of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition, overland route of last survivors, and conjectural location of wrecked ships shown in red. Relics, cairns, boats, tents, graves, and skeletons discovered by McClintock (1859), Hall (1869), and Schwatka (1879) shown in red. Relief (headlands) shown by hachures. Location of north magnetic pole is shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2, no. 11 (Nov. 1880), pp. 657-662; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9994771603506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/jw827f411

Language:

en and English

Publisher:

London : Edward Stanford, 1880.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps and Datasets

Resource Type:

Image and Raster

Subject:

Franklin, John 1786-1847—Travel, King William Island (Nunavut)—Discovery and exploration, Franklin Expedition (1845)., King William Island (Nunavut)—Maps, Thematic maps, Franklin, John, 1786-1847—Travel, and Franklin Expedition

Theme:

Franklin, John 1786-1847—Travel, King William Island (Nunavut)—Discovery and exploration, Franklin Expedition (1845)., King William Island (Nunavut)—Maps, Thematic maps, Franklin, John, 1786-1847—Travel, and Franklin Expedition

Spatial Coverage:

Nunavut

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF