File:Map of the Arctic, 1780s - B&W.jpeg

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A map of the Arctic ocean and the surrounding continents, titled "A correct draught of the North Pole and of all the countries hitherto discovered, intercepted between the Pole and the parallel of 50 degrees"
Date 1780s
date QS:P,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source Memorial University Digital Archives Institute
Creator
Emanuel Bowen  (1694–1767)  wikidata:Q330967
 
Emanuel Bowen
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Emanuel Bowen
Description British cartographer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1694 Edit this at Wikidata 1767 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kingdom of England Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q330967
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N: 79.216°N
W: 217.332°W E: 307.133°E
S: 2.819°S
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