Polar & expedition maps
Nimrod expedition’s route to the South Magnetic Pole
Historical recordSeparate Nimrod magnetic-pole survey sheet.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- South Magnetic Polar Party
- Artifact date
- 1909
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Identifier
- Maps 159
- Record type
- individual_artifact
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Polar Party, 1908-09 (1909), Royal Geographical Society; Library of Congress copy. Same Geographical Journal1909 published sheet as BL source; DIFFERENT physical copy, LOC stamp retained. Not a scan of the BL-held exemplar. Source & reuse ↗
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/antarctica-a-brief-history-in-maps
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