Old North Pole Exploration Map, 1896 by US Navy - Svalbard, Iceland, Greenland, Arctic Circle Explorers glasgow Kilburn Vale

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The text is definitely quite small when printed at 12x18 inches

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where the parks are green and the train stations red

Old North Pole Exploration Map, 1896 by US Navy - Svalbard, Iceland, Greenland, Arctic Circle Explorers glasgow Kilburn ValeThis fascinating and rather rare map, published by the United States Navy in 1896, shows the progress of Arctic Exploration up until 1895. By the 1890s there was a rather heated race to the North Pole, with multiple teams and countries trying to get there first. They wouldn't get there for sometime not until 1926 when a bunch of Norwegians flew an airship up there. There's an immense amount of detail on this map, showing dozens of attempts at