File:Luke Foxe voyage account (North-West Fox, 1635) - 2 foldout map -1 full view.png
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[edit]DescriptionLuke Foxe voyage account (North-West Fox, 1635) - 2 foldout map -1 full view.png |
English: Fold-out engraved map from Luke Foxe's voyage account book, showing the route of his 1631 sea expedition from England (top right) in search of a Northwest passage towards Asia (top left) through Hudson Strait, exploring Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin (detail). The map uses the azimuthal equidistant projection, with the North Pole as its center point. At bottom left, near the Island of California, the map is decorated with a fox, the author's emblem.
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Courtesy of John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
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creator QS:P170,Q704285 |
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Map location | Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Baffin Bay, Arctic Canada, Greenland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Map type | nautical chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spatial reference system | azimuthal equidistant centered on North Pole | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Page(s) | fold-out map following p. 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of publication | London | ||||||||||||||||||||
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B. Alsop,
creator QS:P170,Q51585460 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6225372 |
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29912 |
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height: 31.7 cm (12.4 in); width: 44 cm (17.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,31.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,44U174728 |
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Medium | engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||
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