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Ellis - Map of Northwest Passage Expedition with Great Lakes, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, & Western Europe (Eine Neue Karte von den Gegenden, wo 1746 und 1747 eiine Nord-Westliche Durchfahrt…) - This historic map is from the rare German edition of Heinrich Ellis's A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage... entitled Reise nach Hudsons Meerbusen, welche von zweyen Englischen Schiffen, der Dobbs-Galley und California, in den Jahren 1746 und 1747 . The work was published in 1750 in Goettingen by Verlegts Abram Vandenhoeck. Heinrich Ellis (1721-1806) was an Irish explorer and author. He served as the surveyor, hydrographer, and mineralogist on the expedition of Moor and Smith to discover the Northwest Passage. He maintained his belief in the existence of the passage using climate, produce, and tides as evidence. Paper Size: ~ 17 1/4” by 7 5/8” (Fold Out) Paper Type or Special Features: Engraving