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Title: Discoveries along the south coast of Franz-Josef Land by Mr. B. Leigh Smith, 1880

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1881

Publishers

  • London : published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, byEdward Stanford, 1881.

Summary

Route, direction, and dates of voyage are shown. Ice sheets and icebergs along route shown in blue. Depth shown by soundings. Relief shown by hachures. Conjectural coastlines shown by broken lines. Site of abandonment of Tegetthoff [Austrian vessel] in 1874 is shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 3, pp. 129-50; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions
  • Smith, Benjamin Leigh—Travel—Maps
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)—Discovery and exploration
  • Sea ice—Franz Josef Land
  • Coastal mapping
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia)—Maps
  • Nautical charts
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (44.3, 60.3, 81.0, 78.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (44.3, 60.3, 81.0, 78.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Discoveries along the south coast of Franz-Josef Land by Mr. B. Leigh Smith, 1880. London : published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, byEdward Stanford, 1881.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-02870z378

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng