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• Title:British North America / published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ; engraved by J. & C. Walker.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
  J. & C. Walker (Firm)
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:London : Edward Stanford 6 Charing Cross., [1860?].
  
• In:Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, [1860?].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3400 1840z .B75
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3400 1840z .B75
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 In Process 05-13-2011
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847--Travel--Arctic regions--Maps.
  Canada--Maps.
  Canada--Maps, Outline and base.
  North West Passage--Maps.
  
• Description:Scale approximately1:16,093,440. 69.3 English miles to 1 degree ; (W 170°--W 20°/N 80°--N 40°)
  1 map : hand colored ; 32 x 41 cm.
  
• Summary:Map of Canada, including Greenland, Iceland and the northern United States. Shows four Northwest Passage polar expidition routes of Franklin, Collinson, Rae and McClintock. Upper margin: "Positions Where the Relics of Sir John Franklin's Expeditions Were Found". Lower margin: "Hudson's Bay Co.'s MSS Parry Franklin Beechey Graab & c."; "London Edward Stanford 6 Charing Cross 19c."; "128" and "Engraved by J. & C. Walker".
  Map published numerous times by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK).
  
• Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_202
  
• Notes:Relief shown by hachures.
  Hand-coloured outline.
  Prime meridian: Greenwich.