The discoveries made in the North West parts of Hudson's Bay by Cap't Smith in 1746 & 1747
Date1768
Names
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
(engraver)
FormatMap
NotesThis is one of three maps engraved by Thomas Jefferys which accompanied The Great Probability of a Northwest Passage: Deduced from Observations on the Letter of Admiral De Fonte, by Theodorus Swaine Drage published in London in 1768, who had sailed on the voyage as a clerk. The map was published following the 1746-7 voyage sponsored by the schemer and politician Arthur Dobbs and led by Captains Francis Smith and William Moor.
Dimensions20.5 cm x 16 cm (8 1/16 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
Language
ProvenanceFrom the George Weston Limited donation of printed maps and illustrations 2002
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number912-19632-J24-WESTON-22
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Approximately 1809
Drage, Theodorus Swaine, approximately 1712-1774
1748
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Approximately 1750
Robert Sayer (Firm)
1775
Gibson, J. (John), active 1750-1792
Approximately 1760
Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779
Approximately 1785
Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915
1878