This draught of the North Pole is to shew all the countries near and adjacent to it, as also the most remarkable tracks of the bold discoverers of them, and particularly the attempts of our own countrymen to find out the N. East and N. West passages [map] / by H. Moll geographer.

Author
Moll, Herman, -1732 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London : Printed for Thomas Bennett ; John Nicholson ; and Daniel Midwinter, 1705]
Description
  • (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--N 50°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 37 cm. in diam., on sheet 38 x 43 cm.

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    Notes
    • Relief shown pictorially.
    • Insets of Nova Zembla and Waygats and a view of the Northern hemisphere with the purported routes of the northwest and northeast passages.
    • From: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca ... / by John Harris. London : Printed for Thomas Bennett ; John Nicholson ; and Daniel Midwinter , 1705.
    • In upper left: Voll. 1 page 564.
    References
    Kershaw, K. A. Early printed maps of Canada 399
    OCLC
    64451551
    Universal Product Code
    • HM2005-6
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