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• Title:Polar Regions including British North America, &c. / drawn by J. Assheton ; engraved on steel by J. Shury.
  
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• Author/Creator:Assheton, J., cartographer.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Shury, John, engraver.
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:London : Published by Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, September 1, 1829.
  
• In: London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics. London : Thomas Tegg, 1829.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3400 1829 .A77
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Canada--Maps.
  Alaska--Maps.
  Arctic regions--Maps.
  
• Description:Scale not given (W 170°--W 40°/N 80°--N 46°)
  1 map : colored ; 20 x 25 cm.
  
• Summary:Steel engraved partially hand colored map of Canada and the Arctic regions, with shading, but uncolored, while the United States portion is colored blue.
  
• Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_g, see similar map at mccormick_258, with different coloration.
  
• Notes:Relief shown by hachures.
  Map possibly removed from source: Tegg, Thomas. London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics; comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge. London: Thomas Tegg, 1829.