Polar & expedition maps

Map of part of the Victoria Land coast

Historical record

A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale Not Entered. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

What this record establishes

Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.

Record details

Original title
Map of a part of the coastline of Victoria Land
Artifact date
June 1900
Publisher
Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom)
Holding institution
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Accession
AADC map 1086
Projection
Not Given
Scale
Not Entered

Scope of evidence

Evidence of an original historical map or manuscript, not evidence of hidden lands or a non-spherical Earth.

Catalog context

Insets of Camp Ridley, Robertson Bay and location of Victoria Land.

Map of a part of the coastline of South Victoria Land

South Victoria Land coastline, 1899–1900 expedition. Map by William Colbeck, per Borchgrevink’s published correction (Geographical Journal16, p.569).

William Colbeck (map; corrected attribution by C.E. Borchgrevink), Royal Geographical Society, Geographical Journal16 (1900), foldout at p.500. Digitized by IGNCA/Digital Library of India from Central Archaeological Library, ASI; via Internet Archive.

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