Map of the Countries round the North Pole.
London,
Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross,
1875
Lithograph and coloured, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into original blue cloth slipcase, publisher's label pasted on, yellow advertisement for "Standford's Series of New Library Maps" at endpaper of cover and map when folded.
680 by 680mm. (26.75 by 26.75 inches).
14715
notes:
The present map of the Arctic regions was first issued in 1818 by Aaron Arrowsmith, most likely in response to William Parry's discoveries in the region. Aaron Arrowsmith's son John would continue to update and reissue the map up until 1859 - no later editions are recorded, most probably due to the fact that in 1861 Arrowsmith went into semi-retirement. Following Arrowsmith's death, in 1874, Edward Stanford acquired the plate and continued to issue the map until the 1930s.<...
bibliography:
Verner & Stubbs, The Northpart of America, p.162.