Route of the Land Arctic Expedition under the command of CAPTAIN J. FRANKLIN. R.N. from GREAT SLAVE LAKE to GREAT BEAR LAKE RIVER Surveyed and Drawn by Mr. E.N. KENDALL R.N. Assistant Surveyor The Astronomical Observations by Capt Franklin A.D. 1825.

Scale: [circa 1:1,000,000]. Manuscript chart showing part of North Canada Arctic region, from Great Slave Lake to the Great Bear Lake to the Great Bear Lake River, including the Mackenzie River. River Coloured. Track of expedition route shown. Numerous observations stated, and locations where observations for Latitude were taken. Alterations and additions marked in ink. Chart in two halves, joined together. Pencil ring around wording in title from "Surveyed and drawn by..... by Capt Franklin A.D. 1825". Observations written in pencil reads "This part to be smaller than upper part".

Object Details

ID: HOP285:4/29
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Kendall, Edward Nicholas
Date made: 1825
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Sheet: 55 cm x 61.5 cm