Mitchell
1886 Original Antique map
of
North America
This map is a treasure trove of historical information showing:
- Canada's Provinces and Districts in 1886 some of which are now extinct.
The District of Assiniboia was created (1882) as a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. Most of it was absorbed into the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905, except for the westernmost quarter, which became part of Alberta.
The District of Athabasca was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. It was formed in 1882, was later enlarged, and then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan (its central-eastern part) and Alberta (western part) in 1905.
The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1876 by the Keewatin Act, and originally it covered a large area west of Hudson Bay. In 1905, it became a part of the Northwest Territories and in 1912, its southern parts were adjoined to the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, leaving the remainder, now called the Keewatin Region, with a population of a few thousand people. On April 1, 1999, the Keewatin Region was formally dissolved, as Nunavut was created from eastern parts of the Northwest Territories, including all of Keewatin
The North East Territory was the northern part of Quebec Province. The area north of the 55th parallel is now Nunavik, the Inuit territory located along the Hudson Bay and the Ungava Peninsula. Nunavik is one of four Inuit homelands in Canada that make up Inuit Nunangat.
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Also showing
- The Gold Mine Region in British Columbia
- The Arctic Explorers who Reached the Highest Latitude to North Pole
James Booth Lockwood led a sledging party, with David Legge Brainard, to Mary Murray Island, off northern Greenland, at a latitude of 83̊ 24', thus breaking the British record of the time for the most northerly point reached..In 1883, he crossed Grant Land, reaching the western shore of Ellesmere Island.
Isaac Israel Hayes and his men set out for Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and Ellesmere Island en route to the Open Polar Sea .Taking a measurement with his sextant before making the turnaround, he recorded that he and his men had reached 81̊35' north, 70̊30' west — which meant he and his men had reached the farthest point north to date of any polar expedition
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane’s harrowing expedition to discover the fate of renowned Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin has been largely forgotten in the annals of polar exploration. He had achieved a record Northern latitude at 82̊30'. After spending months stuck in the ice, he successfully led his men to safety by way of an 84-day trek to Upernavik.
Charles Francis Hall commanded a U.S. government-sponsored expedition attempting to reach the North Pole. On June 29, 1871, he sailed from New York City aboard the naval steamer Polaris. Hall passed through the Kennedy and Robeson channels, which separate northwestern Greenland from the northeastern Canadian Arctic, charted both coasts, and reached 82̊11' N, then the northernmost limit of exploration by a ship. The Polaris turned southward and anchored off Greenland at 81̊37' N. From a land base, Hall sledged to 82̊16' N but died suddenly on the return trip.
- Capt. McClure's North West Passage Route 1852
Robert McClure had departed in 1850 to approach the Northwest Passage via the Bering Strait. Separated from his accompanying vessel, McClure passed through the Barrow Strait. He then discovered the Prince of Wales Strait, beyond Parry Sound, where his ship was frozen in the ice.
He spent three years locked in the pack ice aboard HMS Investigator before abandoning the ship and making their escape across the ice. Rescued by HMS Resolute, which was itself later lost to the ice, McClure returned to England in 1854, where he was knighted and rewarded for completing the passage.
A scarce and great addition to any collection of antique maps for historical research and/or display.
Taken from:
Mitchell's Modern Atlas
Publisher
E. B. Butler & Company
Philadelphia
1888
(Atlas cover and title page are not part of the sale but for documentation only.)