Polar & expedition maps

Aurora’s first Antarctic voyage and Western Base work

Historical record

Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 5, 70cm x 103 cm.

What this record establishes

Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.

Original title: Map showing part of the S. Y. Aurora's first Antarctic voyage, 1912, incorporating broad features of land party's work at the Western Base and Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Artifact date: 1912
Creator: Harrisson, Charles Turnbull. (under the direction of Davis, John King.).
Holding institution: State Library of New South Wales
Accession: Australasian Antarctic Expedition records, map 5

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

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institutional or documentary recordhttps://content-lists.sl.nsw.gov.au/tabular-list/collection-maps-taken-australasian-antarctic-expedition-records-1910-1915

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