M0000965: Chart showing the Northwest Passage

Date:
06 August 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/9/20
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Credit

M0000965: Chart showing the Northwest Passage. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Chart showing the North West Passage.

Description

Reproduction of a chart showing the Northwest Passage, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean. A caption is attached at the bottom of the chart and reads: "Chart showing the North West Passage discovered by H.M.S. 'Investigator'. Also the coast explored in search of Sir J. [John] Franklin. 1848-1853. By Captain E. [Edward] A. Inglefield. H. M. S. Phoenix, 1853". The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

06 August 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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