Neue Karte von den Gegenden wo eine Nordwest Durchfahrt in den Iahren 1746-1747.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
AbeBooks seller since November 21, 2024
Condition: Used
US$ 952.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Very good. Reinforced at fold. Else excellent. Size 6.75 x 17.25 Inches. This is a rare, German edition of Henry Ellis' A New Chart of the Parts where a Northwest Passage was Sought in the Years 1746 and 1747 . This map was included translations of Ellis' A Voyage to Hudson's - Bay , which chronicled his journey - largely on behalf of Arthur Dobbs - to northern and Maritime Canada to discover the Northwest Passage, which Dobbs believed had been kept hidden by the machinations of the Hudson's Bay Company. Not The First Try Dobbs funded a previous 1741 expedition to Hudson's Bay, led by Christopher Middleton, who found no passage to the Pacific despite wintering in the bay. Middleton published a chart showing his findings in 1743, after reporting to a disappointed Dobbs. Under pressure from Dobbs, Middleton's crew perjured themselves by accusing Middleton of malingering and deliberately misrepresenting alleged passages as closed bays or rivers. A pamphlet war ensued between Dobbs and Middleton, and a 1746 Bowles map, dedicated to Dobbs and drawn by Captain Middleton's perfidious clerk John Wigate, emphatically showed the existence of a potential passage to the Pacific in the form of 'Wager Strait.' Ellis's 1746 expedition was dispatched specifically to prove the existence of a Northwest Passage leading from Hudson Bay, and to prove Dobbs' accusations against Middleton. In doing so, Dobbs brought down the Hudson's Bay Company. Ellis failed to achieve these goals, but maintained that the existence of a Northwest Passage was nevertheless probable. So while the present map Ellis reluctantly closed 'Wager Strait' into 'Wager Bay,' he included several new possible passages, such as the ' Golfe de Chesterfield ' south of Wager Bay, Repulse Bay beyond it, and several promising passages from the Davis Strait. While the publication of Ellis' findings discouraged further English attempts at finding a Northwest Passage, the gauntlet was eagerly taken up by the French mapmakers Buache and De l'Isle who, in 1752, incorporated his cartography with the apocryphal Pacific Northwest discoveries Admiral de Fonte in an effort to propose a convincing passage between the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic. Publication History and Census This map is rare. It was engraved by Johann Christian Püschel, possibly for inclusion in a German edition of Henry Ellis' A Voyage to Hudsons-Bay , but the specific edition is not known. It is evidently neither the 1750 Vandenhoeck edition nor the 1749 and 1750 Arkstee and Merkus edition, whose version of Ellis' map is a different plate by a different engraver. It is possible that the present map was included in a volume of the German translation of Prévost's travels, Allgemeine Historie der Reisen . Arkstee and Merkus produced such a translation, but we cannot place the present map in that work. We see no separate examples of the present map in institutional collections and see only one instance of it appearing on the market. References: Not in OCLC; not in Kershaw.…
Seller Inventory # NorthwestPassage-ellis-1750
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- Title
- Neue Karte von den Gegenden wo eine Nordwest Durchfahrt in den Iahren 1746-1747.
- Author
- 1749 Henry Ellis Map of Efforts to Discover a Northwest Passage
- Publication year
- 1750
- Seller catalogs
- CANADA-MAPS
Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…
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