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Title: Sketch of North America shewing the proposed route of Capt. Back

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1833

Publishers

  • London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1833.

Summary

Fury Pt. where the Fury was lost [1825] and Capt. Ross's intended track [1829] are shown. Proposed water and portage route from New York to Great Slave Lake shown in red. Reported and conjectural coastlines, rivers, and islands shown by dotted lines. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 3 (1833), pp. 64-71; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.3 1833.

Subjects

  • North America
  • Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions
  • Arctic regions—Discovery and exploration
  • Search and rescue operations—Arctic regions
  • Explorers—Arctic regions
  • North America—Maps
  • Canada—Maps
  • United States—Maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-170.0, -30.0, 80.0, 36.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-170.0, -30.0, 80.0, 36.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878. Sketch of North America shewing the proposed route of Capt. Back. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1833.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-ns064854h

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng