Luke_Foxe_voyage_account_(North-West_Fox,_1635)_-_2_foldout_map_-1_full_view.png
Summary
Description Luke Foxe voyage account (North-West Fox, 1635) - 2 foldout map -1 full view.png |
English:
Fold-out engraved map from
Luke Foxe
's voyage account book, showing the route of his 1631 sea expedition from England (top right) in search of a Northwest passage towards Asia (top left) through Hudson Strait, exploring Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin (
detail
). The map uses the
azimuthal equidistant projection
, with the North Pole as its center point. At bottom left, near the
Island of California
, the map is decorated with a
fox
, the author's emblem.
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Source |
Courtesy of John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
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Creator |
creator QS:P170,Q704285
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Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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Date depicted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Map location | Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Baffin Bay, Arctic Canada, Greenland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Map type | nautical chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spatial reference system | azimuthal equidistant centered on North Pole | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bounding box |
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Page(s) | fold-out map following p. 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of publication | London | ||||||||||||||||||||
Printed by |
B. Alsop,
creator QS:P170,Q51585460
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6225372
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Accession number |
29912
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Dimensions |
height: 31.7 cm (12.4 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,31.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,44U174728
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Medium | engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Scan resolution | 96 dpi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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