A map of the Arctic Circle and just over 6 degrees south. Show a fairly accurate map , although with the northen coast of North America and Greenland rather scetchy. Engraved by Samuel Neele, not sure of publication, but the paper has a dated watermark of 1796. Notes on the map refer to 'Dog Ribb'd Indians', 'Copper Indians' and 'Northern Indians'. And at 70 degrees a note 'The Sea 1772'.

A superb map of the North Pole and countries around it, as you move away from the zero meridian the distortions and misconceptions of the day become more apparent. From 'A Complete Atlas, or Distinctive View of the Known World'.

A map of the Northern Hemisphere from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. From the North Pole down to 45° degrees. California is an island, the mythical island of Frisland is shown as are other cartographical misconceptions, an unavigable North West Passage and a huge void of land area between Canada and the Bering Strait.

A superbly detailed map showing short sections only of the known land mass in Antarctica at this time, including a note on South Victoria "Mt Erebus active volcano 12,400 ft high" and "Mt Terror". Also "Land seen by Kemp" and "D'Urville's discovery 1840". Fascinating to think that this map was produced only five years after the James Clark Ross expedition of 1839 in the ships Erebus and Terror. His second in command F.R.M. Crozier, who, with both the ships, was to disappear on Franklin's tragic expedition in 1845. The known geography of the region was to remain virtually unchanged for nearly 60 years and it was not until 1900 that the Royal Geographical Society commissioned an expedition under Robert Scott (1868-1912).