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By Descent: the Property of the Hooker Family

Antarctica—Leonard Kristensen | Map of Antarctic's track to Victoria Land, 1894-95

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By Descent: the Property of the Hooker Family


Leonard Kristensen


Map of Antarctic's track to Victoria Land, 1894-95. Photo-lithographed at the department of Lands and Survey by T.F. McGauran, 14 May 1895

682 x 508mm., map by Captain L. Kristensen of the Antarctic, with the assistance of Sir James Ross's observations. Meteorological observations taken on board the Antarctic during the months December 1894 and January 1895, previously folded, light spotting, some creases and closed tears at margin 


The map shows icebergs, the border of the pack ice and the date at which each point on the route was reached by the ship Antarctic. It also includes explorer's notes on Campbell Island and Victoria Land. Insets: Campbell Island, Scal🙈e ca. 1:120000; Sketches of Cape Adare,&n♊bsp;Sven Foyn Island and Ross Island.


LITERATURE:

Antarctic Bibliography, 20; 89


PROVENANCE:

Presented to J.D. Hooker by Baron Sir Ferdinand Heinrich von Mueller KCMG (1825-1896), the German-Australian physician, geographer, and botanist. Mueller was appointed government botanist 🍒for the then colony of Victoria by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853, later becoming director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: Mueller's card and printed blue label of Phytologic Museum of Melbourne (also bearing J.D. Hooker's signature) pasted onto lower right-hand side of printed area. 

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