Polar & expedition maps
Proposed routes for Antarctic exploration
Historical recordBartholomew map advocates future exploration.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- South Polar Chart: exploration schemes
- Artifact date
- 1898
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Record type
- individual_artifact
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
South Polar Chart showing Sir John Murray’s proposed scheme for Antarctic exploration, 1898. Exact published foldout after page 572, scanned from the University of Toronto copy.
J. G. Bartholomew, South Polar Chart, 1898. Scottish Geographical Magazine, volume 14; Robarts Library, University of Toronto, digitized by Internet Archive.
PDF page 632 (1-indexed), IA leaf 634. IA metadata date 1885 is the serial start, not this volume; printed volume title and map establish 1898.
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- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/scottishgeograph14scotuoft/page/n634/mode/1up
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/antarctica-a-brief-history-in-maps
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/antarctica-a-brief-history-in-maps
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