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Detailed map of the Arctic Regions, with notes on the exploration of the region.
The map and legend locate the expeditions of 16 explorers including John Ross, James Ross, Parry, Franklin & Richardso, Beechey, Back, Dease & Simpson, Rae, Austin, Penny, Kennedy, Inglefield, McClure and Belcher.
Wyld dedicates the map to Lady Franklin, widow of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. The map was apparently issued prior to McClintock's voyage aboard the Fox in 1857-1859, sponsored by Lady Franklin, which finally located evidence of the location of Franklin's death.
We previously had an example of so-called Third Edition, which did not include the note locating the Belcher's Discoveries in 1853. /gallery/detail/19857a
James Wyld Sr. (1790-1836) was a British cartographer and one of Europe’s leading mapmakers. He made many contributions to cartography, including the introduction of lithography into map printing in 1812.
William Faden, another celebrated cartographer, passed down his mapmaking business to Wyld in 1823. The quality and quantity of Faden’s maps, combined with Wyld’s considerable skill, brought Wyld great prestige.
Wyld was named geographer to Kings George IV and William IV, as well as HRH the Duke of York. In 1825, he was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. Also in 1830, his son, James Wyld Jr., took over his publishing house. Wyld Sr. died of overwork on October 14, 1836.
James Wyld Jr. (1812-87) was a renowned cartographer in his own right and he successfully carried on his father’s business. He gained the title of Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert. Punch (1850) described him in humorous cartographic terms, “If Mr. Wyld’s brain should be ever discovered (we will be bound he has a Map of it inside his hat), we should like to have a peep at it, for we have a suspicion that the two hemispheres must be printed, varnished, and glazed, exactly like a pair of globes.”
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