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Title: Map of the Barents & Kara Seas, illustrating the Arctic campaign of 1879

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1880

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1880.

Summary

Routes and dates of the Willem Barents and Isbjorn voyages are shown. Areas of sea ice are shown. Depth shown by soundings. Approximate line of 100 fathoms depth is shown. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 1, pp. 1-40; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions
  • Barents Sea—Discovery and exploration
  • Sea ice—Barents Sea—Maps
  • Willem Barents (Ship).
  • Isbjørnen (Ship).
  • Barents Sea—Maps
  • Arctic Ocean—Maps
  • Nautical charts
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-2.0, 98.0, 81.0, 66.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-2.0, 98.0, 81.0, 66.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Map of the Barents & Kara Seas, illustrating the Arctic campaign of 1879. London : Edward Stanford, 1880.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-0z708z96z

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng