Description: A world map from 1863 showing the earth from an equatorial perspective (Eastern and Western hemispheres) and polar perspective (Northern and Southern hemispheres). This map shows the route of South Pacific exploration by the United States Navy under Charles Wilkes (1838–1842), with an inset map of the Antarctic coastline discovered by the expedition. The inset map shows territories explored by the Americans, and those explored by the British under John Ross in 1841, with map notations detailing Antarctic exploration at the time.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Tartary, Mozambique, Desert of Cobi, Bucharia, Teheran, Cabul, Thibet, Niphon, Senegambia, Arabia, Ceylon, Hue, Loochoo Islands, Barbary, Behrings Strait, Los Angele
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters,
oceans,
location
Keywords: Map of the World on an Equatorial Projection and Polar Projection, historical, physical, physical features, historical event, inlandWaters,
oceans,
location, Unknown, 1838–1842
Source: , Mitchell's School Atlas (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: E. H. Butler & Co., 1863)
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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