Polar & expedition maps

Map of Scott’s Northern Party explorations

Historical record

A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 5 000 000. 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
British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 : Sketch map to illustrate the paper by Raymond E. Priestley on The Work of the Northern Party
Artifact date
1914
Publisher
Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom)
Holding institution
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Accession
AADC map 3699
Projection
Not Given
Scale
1 : 5 000 000

Scope of evidence

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

Catalog context

2 insets of Terra Nova Bay (1:500,000) and Robertson Bay (1:500,000)

Original material

This record is source-linked. A local reproduction is not required to read the original source.

Sources and what they support

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