Chart of the North West Passage Between Asia & America.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by George Philip & Son. Liverpool.

• MEDIUM: Stone engraving,

  DATE: 1852.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 3/4 x 23 1/4" (50 x 59 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Scarce map showing the Northwest Passage, via the Bering Straits.<br><br> Philip's map highlights the discoveries of Franklin and Richardson in the Arctic Sea (1825-26), one of the few to provide a detailed mapping of this part of northern Alaska and Canada.<br> The detail in the interior is also of interest, especially along the MacKenzie Riverwhere a number of Canadian Indian Tribes are identified.. The course of the Youcon (Yukon) River and Colville River are shown in the interior of Alaska, although relatively little else was known at the time. While the coastline of Alaska is quite well depicted, there are still a fair number of areas marked with dotted lines or otherwise inaccurately mapped.<br><br> A key at the bottom of the map shows the regions explored by various explorers.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Hairline side margins with a small 3/8" section missing along left edge. Reinforcements along fold lines.

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• CATEGORIES: Maps