Royal Geographical Society history of exploration 1830-1980

Scale: 1:34,500,000. Printed and coloured chart of the world, with the north and south poles inset. Marked with the tracks of explorers by land and sea from 1830-1980, pictures of HMS Challenger and HMS Beagle, and with portraits and views around the border. Bartholomew 'The Times' projection Insets: North and South poles

Object Details

ID: G201:1/55
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Royal Geographical Society
Places: World
Vessels: Beagle (1820); Challenger (1858)
Date made: 1980
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London