Subject: North Atlantic, Greenland, Iceland
Period: 1707 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
9 x 6 inches
22.9 x 15.2 cm
This small map illustrates the region between Britain and Canada with emphasis on Greenland, Iceland and the Davis Strait. The pictorial cartouche shows Martin Frobisher, an Englishman who made three voyages to the New World, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.
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Condition: B+
Nice dark impression with some light scattered foxing and light toning.