M0000968: Chart of an area of Canada surveyed during the Coppermine Expedition, 1821

Date:
06 August 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/9/23
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M0000968: Chart of an area of Canada surveyed during the Coppermine Expedition, 1821. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Chart of discoveries of Northern Land, 1821-1822.

Description

Photograph of a chart titled "Chart of Discoveries and Route of the Northern Land Expedition". The expedition was undertaken in 1821-1822 under the command of Captain John Franklin to survey and chart the area from Hudson Bay to the mouth of the Coppermine River, Canada. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930 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.

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