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Arctic Ocean: Canada, NE Coast and Greenland, W Coast: Davis Strait and Baffin Island:...

Catalogue reference: ADM 344/2020

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This record is about the Arctic Ocean: Canada, NE Coast and Greenland, W Coast: Davis Strait and Baffin Island:... dating from 1818 Jan 01 - 1850 Dec 31 in the series Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 344/2020

Date

1818 Jan 01 - 1850 Dec 31

Description

Arctic Ocean: Canada, NE Coast and Greenland, W Coast: Davis Strait and Baffin Island: Cape Searle, vicinity, to Wolstenholme Fjord; three items on one sheet: item 1, 'Appearance of Southern extreme of Land at 10:30 AM, 18 September 1818, bearing WNW 14 or 15 Leagues' by H P Hoppner (HMS Alexander), annotated; item 2, 'A View of three Glaciers at Eastern Extremity of Wolstenholme Sound', 'Sketched by Mr James J Rutter RN (HMS North Star), from Nature, 17 June 1850', annotated; item 3, 'Sandersons Hope', 'Dark Head', 'Cape Parry', 'Petowak Glacier', 'Conical Island' and 'Fitzclarence Rock'

Note

Item 1, monochrome watercolour; item 2, watercolour; item 3, print

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Folio 7D, item 13, page 14; Arctic Pilot vol. III (Nautical Papers 12), pages 108-134

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Open Document, Open Description

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ADM 344

Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views

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