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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
Source Memorial University Digital Archives Institute
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