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• Title:A map of the icy sea in which the several communications with the land, waters and other new discoveries are exhibited / J. Gibson, sculp.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gibson, J. (John), active 1750-1792.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ian Back Map Collection.
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:[London : Gentleman's Magazine, 1760]
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3270 1760 .G52
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3270 1760 .G52
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Arctic Regions--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  
• Description:Scale not given.
  1 map : col. ; 19 cm. in diam.
  
• Local note:UBC Library has a copy in the Ian Black Map Collection.
  UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_28
  
• Notes:Relief shown by hachures.
  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  Polar projection.
  Shows "Icy or Great North Sea" with projected course across the pole to Asia.
  From: Gentleman's magazine, v. 30, p. 284.
  
• Cited in:Klein G 60.3