Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10" x 10", sheet measures 10 3/8" x 17" This 1814 map of the North Pole is centered on the Arctic Circle, labeled as "Frozen Ocean", and oriented along the meridian of Philadelphia, where this map was published. The northern coast of Eurasia is carefully delineated, while the northern edge of North America is less clear. Notations in the northwest indicate the sea extending to the 70th degree of..... More

Amsterdam: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. Map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 11 x 12.75". Rarely seen in black and white, this map of the North Pole and Northern Hemisphere demonstrates geographic knowledge as of the mid-18th century. The map shows the Northeast Passage, or northern sea route, discovered by William Barentsz in 1596, as well as the islands of Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen that he also discovered. However, the corresponding region in North America, and therefore a possible Northwest..... More