Polar & expedition maps

Daily Telegraph Map of Antarctica

Historical record

Territorial sectors and expedition plans.

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Historical record
Adélie Land sledge route — Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 17, 64cm x 91cm. Nunatak. Commonwealth Bay. Cape Pigeon Rookery.
Historical record
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition routes
A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 6 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.
Historical record
Antarctic chart annotated by Captain J. K. Davis
Annotated nautical chart preserved in the Davis collection, NAA P2819.
Historical record
Antarctic exploration map by Bayliss
South-centered azimuthal equidistant map compiles Antarctic exploration.