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A Map of the North Pole and the parts Adjoining

Object summary

Title
A Map of the North Pole and the parts Adjoining
Object ID
AF-MB-1236
Date made
1680
Place made

United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford

Publisher
Pitt, Moses
Object type
Engraved map
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Allan Forbes Collection
On view
No
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Description

Hand-colored map of the North Pole and the surrounding areas. Section at top depicts native peoples and animals of the Arctic. Another panel at upper right depicts Nova Zembla, and a passage of text addresses the question of whether Nova Zembla should be shown as joined to mainland Russia.

Inscriptions

Type
graphite
Location
verso
Text
II 267

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