- Title
- Chart of the Arctic Ocean ; Peary's north Greenland expedition of 1891-92 ; illustrating the route of Peary's North Greenland expedition of 1891-'92 and other arctic expeditions
- National Geographic Society (U.S.), creator
Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912
United States, Hydrographic Office.
Norris Peters Co - [1892]
1892 - District of Columbia
[Washington, D.C.] - National Geographic Society
- 1 map : front & back, ill. ; 39 x 44 cm., on sheet 62 x 49 cm.
- English
- map
Maps - Images
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Nautical charts--Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Maps - Depths shown by soundings.
"Reduced copy, with additions, of a chart published by the United States Hydrographic Office."
On verso: "Peary's north Greenland expedition of 1891-92 : illustrated lecture by civil engineer R.E. Peary, U.S. Navy. Introduction by engineer-in-chief Geo. W. Melville, U.S. Navy. under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, Academy of Music, Washington, D.C., Friday April 17, at 8 p.m." Includes text with ills. of Peary in excavation garb and of his sailing vessel. - Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University
- 990115208830203941_FHCL:2250071
- Title
- Chart of the Arctic Ocean ; Peary's north Greenland expedition of 1891-92 ; illustrating the route of Peary's North Greenland expedition of 1891-'92 and other arctic expeditions
- Creator / Contributor
- National Geographic Society (U.S.), creator
Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912
United States, Hydrographic Office.
Norris Peters Co - Date
- [1892]
1892 - Place of Origin
- District of Columbia
[Washington, D.C.] - Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Extent
- 1 map : front & back, ill. ; 39 x 44 cm., on sheet 62 x 49 cm.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- map
Maps - Digital Format
- Images
- Subjects
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
Nautical charts--Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Maps - Notes
- Depths shown by soundings.
"Reduced copy, with additions, of a chart published by the United States Hydrographic Office."
On verso: "Peary's north Greenland expedition of 1891-92 : illustrated lecture by civil engineer R.E. Peary, U.S. Navy. Introduction by engineer-in-chief Geo. W. Melville, U.S. Navy. under the auspices of the National Geographic Society, Academy of Music, Washington, D.C., Friday April 17, at 8 p.m." Includes text with ills. of Peary in excavation garb and of his sailing vessel. - Series
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
- Repository
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990115208830203941_FHCL:2250071
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