Description: A map of the South Polar Region from 1920 showing the routes of several Antarctic explorations. The map shows the route used and date Amundsen first reached the South Pole (December 14–17, 1911), and routes of Cook (1772–1775), D'Urville (1838–1840), Wilke (1839–1840), Ross (1839–1843), Borchgrevink (1898–1900), Drygalaki (1901–1903), Scott (1901–1904), Bruce (1902–1904), Shackleton (1909), Scott (1910–1913), Amundsen (1911–1912), and Mawson (1911–1914). This map shows Antarctica divided into the Wendell Quadrant, Enderby Quadrant, Victoria Quadrant, and Ross Quadrant.
Place Names: Antarctic Region, Davis (Australia), Dumont dUrville (France), Maitri (India), Mcmurdo (U.S.), Mostok (Russia), Neumayer (Germany), Orcadas (Argentina), Sanae IV (South Africa), Syowa (Japan), Zhong Shan (China
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters
Keywords: Antarctic Regions showing the routes of the most important explorations, borders, political, historical, country borders,
county borders, historical event, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 1920
Source: , The New Reference Atlas of the World - A New Series of Physical, Political and Historical Maps compiled from Government Surveys and exhibiting the Latest Results of Geographical Research (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Company, 1920) 32
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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