The DISCOVERY of the LAND ARTIC EXPEDITION under the command of CAPTAIN J. FRANKLIN R.N. near the mouth of the MACKENZIE RIVER and on the Sea Coast East and West A.D. 1825-26 Those to the Westward of Point Seperation having been made under the direction of Captn F and those to the Eastward as far as the Coppermine River and round Great Bear Lake

Scale: [circa 1:1,000,000]. Black and white chart of Artic North Canada, including Great Bear Lake, the Mackenzie River and coastline of Mackenzie Bay, Franklin Bay and Dolphin and Union Sound in the Beaufort Sea. Shows the discoveries made by Franklin Land Artic Expedition of 1825-26. Various observations stated and locations shown where observations for Latitude were taken. Several additions and alterations made in pencil. Title enclosed in scroll cartouche. Orginial chart comprising of 9 seperate sheets joined together. Chart now torn into two halves. Tear damage, top right hand corner.

Object Details

ID: HOP285:4/33
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Kendall, Edward Nicholas
Date made: 1826
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: 74 cm x 132.5 cm
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