| Summary: | Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other versions; map is a rounded rectangle (not circular). Prime meridian: Greenwich. This map is centered on the North Pole. The map shows the names of explorers and dates of discovery and exploration. Also shown is the northern limit of trees, the southern limit of drift ice or icebergs, and areas where seal fishing was forbidden. Heavily annotated by Dr. John Rae. Date derived by librarian at time of acquisition and from acquisition note: "Acquired Sept 1 1891 by gift from Dr. John Rae." Dr. John Rae was the unsung hero in the search for the Lost Franklin Expedition– he was the first to discover what had happened in the tragic wreck that stranded Franklin and his men and report back to the British Admiralty. The discovery ruined his career; the mere suggestion that Franklin and his crew had been forced to turn to cannibalism was offensive to many, and they did not appreciate Rae’s report. It took him years to secure the reward for his crew, and they, unlike the many explorers who went searching for Franklin, were never knighted for their efforts to recover Franklin and his crew. But Rae’s contributions to exploration and cartography went beyond his doomed discovery of the Franklin expedition; he was one of the greatest overland explorers of the 19th century, and has been credited with the true discovery of the Northwest Passage. More than all that, he was a great friend to the American Geographical Society. Read more: https://agslibraryblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/remembering-dr-john-rae/ Color; 1:14,256,000
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