Polar & expedition maps

Bransfield’s 1820 discoveries and route — later map

Historical record

A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 2 650 000. 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
Chart showing the discoveries and approximate track of Edward Bransfield, Master R.N. in the hired brig "Williams" of Blyth, when exploring the South Shetland Islands and the northern extremity of Graham Land in the year 1820.
Artifact date
March 1925
Publisher
Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom)
Holding institution
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Accession
AADC map 3701
Projection
Not Given
Scale
1 : 2 650 000

Scope of evidence

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

Catalog context

Drawn by Lieut. Commander R.T. Gould, R.N. The coastline shown in red, has been copied in facsimile from Bransfield's chart, as published in 1822, by the Admiralty. The lettering in red has been transcribed from the original MS, chart. The remainder of the chart is based upon the most recent surveys.

Bransfield discoveries and track, reconstructed chart by R. T. Gould, 1925

The 1925 chart drawn by R. T. Gould reconstructs Edward Bransfield’s 1820 voyage using his 1822 Admiralty chart and later surveys. Two original microfilm scan panels are shown side by side with a visible divider; they are not a seamless geographic reconstruction. The scan is monochrome, so the original chart’s red historical coastline coding cannot be read as color here.

R. T. Gould, Chart showing the discoveries and approximate track of Edward Bransfield (1925), The Geographical Journal 65(3), March 1925. Independent microfilm scan: Internet Archive, PDF pages 110–111. AADC map 3701 identifies the historical sheet.

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Image rights and evidence limits

Independent copyright-expiry assessment, not an institutional reproduction license. Map explicitly drawn by R. T. Gould, published March 1925; Gould died 5 October 1948, confirmed by contemporary Polar Record obituary. Map is beyond U.S. publication term and UK life+70. Source charts by Edward Bransfield (d 1852) are older. Only the historical map image is included; no journal articles or modern editorial text. IA metadata does not assert a separate CC license; no restrictive image-specific term observed.

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