Description: 1912 Original Antique Hammond Map Arctic & Antarctica Regions withImportant Exploration RoutesThe Antarctic Map Shows:The routes of all explorers from Capt. John Cook (1772-75) to William Speirs Bruce (1902-04)Ernest Shackleton (1909) and Roald Amundsen (1911) routes’ and achievements are superimposed on the map in red Ernest Shackleton on 9 January 1909, reached a new Farthest South latitude of 88̊23' S, a point only 112 miles (180 km) from the Pole.On 16 January 1909 three men (Douglas Mawson, Edgeworth David, and Alistair Mackay) from Sir Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition claimed to have found the south magnetic pole, which was at that time located on land.Roald Amundsen's polar party was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14th, 1911.Also superimposed is “Framheim”Framheim was used by Amundsen as a wintering hut in Antarctica from 28 January 1911 to 30 January 1912. The hut was established on the ice shelf in the Bay of Whales, but disappeared into the sea sometime around 1960 after this part of the ice shelf calved off.The “Limits of the Ice Pack” is noted on the map. On reverse The Arctic Map ShowsThe routes of all explorers from Robert McClure (1854) to Robert Peary (1906). superimposed on the map in red is Peary’s 1909 route with annotations On April 6, 1909, American explorer Robert Peary accomplishes a long elusive dream, when he, assistant Matthew Henson and four Inuits reach what they determine to be the North Pole. Decades after Peary’s death, however, navigational errors in his travel log surfaced, placing the expedition in all probability a few miles short of its goal.“Annoatok” & “Etah” are also indicted in redAnnoatok was used as a base by Frederick Cook during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the North Pole. Annoatok or Anoritooq, was a small hunting station in Greenland on Smith Sound about 24 km (15 mi) north of Etah. Etah is an abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. It was a starting point of discovery expeditions to the North Pole and the landing site of the last migration of the Inuit from the Canadian Arctic. map image: 5.0" x 7.0"page: 5.8" x 8.0" This scarce antique map of the Polar Regions, specifically Arctic and Antarctic, is a great addition for any collector, enthusiast or researcher of the polar regions and historic explorer routes. The map is in its original lithography printing technique and has been well-preserved over the years. This map is taken fromNielsen & Lundbeck'sHandy Atlas of the Worldwith New CensusPublished especially forNielsen & Lundbeck, 24 State Street, New YorkbyC. S. Hammond & Co.1912 (The atlas cover and title page shown are not part of the sale but for documentation of the maps source)
Price: 56.5 USD
Location: Bar Harbor, Maine
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Polar Regions: Arctic & Antarctic
Printing Technique: Lithography
Format: Atlas Map
Year: 1912
Map View: Polar Regions
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
