A Map of Greenland.

Object summary

Title: A Map of Greenland.
Object ID: AF-MB-0043
Date made: 1823
Place made: United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Maker: Constable And Co.
Publisher: Constable And Co.
Engraver: Lizars, William Home
Draughtsman: Scoresby Jr., William
Object type: Engraving; Etching
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: Yes
Exhibition: Monsters of the Deep: Between Imagination and Science

Description

Uncolored map depicting Greenland, with the eastern coast of Canada visible at left, and Iceland visible at bottom right. Bays, islands, and capes have been labeled on Greenland. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn and labeled. Map title printed at top center: "A Map of Greenland, Including the Recent Surveys and Discoveries Made in the Ship Baffin in the Summer of 1822. By William Scoresby Junr." Publisher and engraver information printed in lower margin.

William Scoresby Jr. was a whaler with a keen interest in scientific observation. This map was published in his 1823 "Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery."