The Arctic Shores of America and Part of Asia Shewing the Tracks & Discoveries of HMS Hecla & Griper from Baffin Bay to Melville Island 1819 & 20 & of HMS Investigator from Behring Strait to Mercy Bay 1850 & 53 Completing the Discovery of the North West Passage also the Coasts discovered or Examined by the Officers of the Expeditions sent in Search of Sir John Franklin.

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The Arctic Shores of America and Part of Asia Shewing the Tracks & Discoveries of HMS Hecla & Griper from Baffin Bay to Melville Island 1819 & 20 & of HMS Investigator from Behring Strait to Mercy Bay 1850 & 53 Completing the Discovery of the North West Passage also the Coasts discovered or Examined by the Officers of the Expeditions sent in Search of Sir John Franklin.

Scale: circa 1:6,500,000. Engraved chart - 12 'sheets' on linen for easy folding. Coloured shading and tracks. Descriptions of each expeditions route. Number 409, Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed.

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Object Details

ID:	G285:4/1
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Hansard, Henry; Arrowsmith, John
Date made:	1855
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 64.5 cm x 32.5 cm