Map 3692: South Polar Regions with the Antarctic Continent drawn to illustrate the probable topography as deduced from present available data by D. Mawson, D.Sc. B.E.

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Map Number 3692
Title South Polar Regions with the Antarctic Continent drawn to illustrate the probable topography as deduced from present available data by D. Mawson, D.Sc. B.E.
Edition -
Scale 1 : 40 000 000
Publication date 1911
Publisher Royal Geographical Society (United Kingdom)
Spatial coverage (-180.0000° -20.0000°) , (180.0000° -20.0000°) , (180.0000° -90.0000°)
(-180.0000° -90.0000°)
Projection Not Given
Physical size 33 x 37 cm
Notes Shows the ship's route and landings contemplated by the AAE.
Scanned images (provided by the National Archives of Australia) of this map show Mawson's annotations.
Map 1 annotation: "The solid line indicates the first cruise of the "Aurora" landing parties on the Antarctic continent and returning. The broken line indicates the course during the winter of 1912 when making an oceanographic survey"
Map 2 annotation: "Ship's track leaving Sydney 1st Nov. 1911 - Melbourne 10th Nov. - Hobart 15th Nov - return to Perth 1st April 1912"
Map 3 annotation: "Showing the ship's oceanographic survey programme during the winter and summer of 1912 between the time of landing the parties on the Antarctic continent and picking them up again".
Reference 1027
Keywords South Polar Regions , D. Mawson , Historical

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