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Northwest Passage
Maps and Words
Open Cottenham
July 23, 2020
This map from the British Library's Flickr collection of 1M images, The North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin. A review. [With maps.], was the state-of-the-map 150+ years ago... Note above: Probable western position attained by the Franklin Expedition, and how close they may have been to threading the Northwest Passage!
[ Update: The rush to claim an undersea mountain range (BBC Future) shows how topical this is.]
Media
The Northwest Passage is still a subject of fascination written up regularly in media such as Financial Review's High Drama on the icy seas of the Canadian Arctic, blogs such as Russell Potter's Visions of the North and this National Geographic gallery:
These Maps Show the Epic Quest for a Northwest Passage
It had to be there: an ocean at the top of the world. The ancient Greeks drew it on their maps, and for centuries, the rest of Europe did too. Beginning in the 1500s, countless men died trying to find it, hoping for a maritime shortcut across the Arctic that would open up new trade routes to Asia.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com
Maps and Words
Open Cottenham
July 23, 2020
This map from the British Library's Flickr collection of 1M images, The North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin. A review. [With maps.], was the state-of-the-map 150+ years ago... Note above: Probable western position attained by the Franklin Expedition, and how close they may have been to threading the Northwest Passage!
[ Update: The rush to claim an undersea mountain range (BBC Future) shows how topical this is.]
Media
The Northwest Passage is still a subject of fascination written up regularly in media such as Financial Review's High Drama on the icy seas of the Canadian Arctic, blogs such as Russell Potter's Visions of the North and this National Geographic gallery:
These Maps Show the Epic Quest for a Northwest Passage
It had to be there: an ocean at the top of the world. The ancient Greeks drew it on their maps, and for centuries, the rest of Europe did too. Beginning in the 1500s, countless men died trying to find it, hoping for a maritime shortcut across the Arctic that would open up new trade routes to Asia.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com