Polar & expedition maps
German South Polar Expedition routes and discoveries
Historical recordA separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 6 000 000. 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
- Sketch Maps showing the Track and Explorations of the German South Polar Expedition 1902-3 by Dr. Von Drygalski.
- Artifact date
- 1904
- Publisher
- Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom)
- Holding institution
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre
- Accession
- AADC map 3684
- Projection
- -
- Scale
- 1 : 6 000 000
Scope of evidence
Evidence of an original historical map or manuscript, not evidence of hidden lands or a non-spherical Earth.
Catalog context
Secant conical projection.
Two overlapping microfilm panels of the original 1904 German South Polar Expedition map. The detailed Antarctic chart and the voyage overview are both retained. Grey gap separates the source scans; it does not indicate a geographical discontinuity.
Erich von Drygalski (1865–1949); Royal Geographical Society, The Geographical Journal, 1904. Internet Archive independent microfilm digitization. Public-domain expiry assessment; no institutional licence asserted.
Same named printed chart and publication year as AADC catalog; independent digitization, not clearance to reuse AADC preview pixels.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Independent public-domain assessment, not a licence issued by Internet Archive: original English-language chart published in 1904 (public domain in the US by age), and its named creator(s) died no later than 1949 (more than 70 full years before 2026). No additional named engraver appears on the inspected printed map. Original layout is over 25 years old. Mechanical microfilm/PDF scan only. IA item metadata has no explicit rights field and IA disclaims rights guarantees; this is not CC0, CC BY, or express institutional permission.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
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- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/sim_geographical-journal_1904-08_24_2
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3684
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3684
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