CARTE des explorations executees PAR LES CORVETTES L'ASTROLABE ET LA ZELEE DANS LES REGIONS CIRCUM-POLAIRES Levee et Dressee par Mr Vincendon-Dumoulin, Ingeieur Hydrographe de la Marine a bord de la Corvette l'Astrolabe et assujettie aux observations de MM, les Officiers des deux Corvettes Expedition au Pole Austral et dans l'Oceanie Commandee par M DUMONT D'Urville, Capne de Vaisseau Janvier et Fevrier 1840.

Scale: circa 1:1,000,000. Black and white printed chart showing the Cote Clarie and Terre Adelie in Antartica, discovered by Captain Dumont D'Urville, commander of the expedition to the South Polar Regions, aboard the French Corvettes 'Astrolabe and Zelee', 1837-1840. 2 profile views of Cote Clarie and Terre Adelie. Mould damage at bottom of chart. Table in metres, showing the sizes of the principal ice glaciers.
Inset: POSTITION DU POLE MAGENTIQUE

Object Details

ID: HOP288:4/2
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Vincendon-Dumoulin, Clement Adrian; Tardieu, Ambroise
Date made: 1840
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: 70.5 cm x 103 cm
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