File:Jens Munk voyage account (Navigatio Septentrionalis, 1624) - 3 fig 2 - map of Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay.png

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Map of Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay by Danish explorer Jens Munk (1624)

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English: Woodcut map of Hudson Strait (Fretum Cristiano) and Hudson Bay (Novum Mare Cristian) from Danish explorer Jens Munk's voyage account (Navigatio Septentrionalis, 1624), showing various localities that he visited during his 1619-1620 Northwest Passage expedition on two ships, which are depicted more than once. North is at the bottom of the map and West on the right side. On top right is Munkenes Winterhaven, where the crew overwintered, near the site of modern town of Churchill, Manitoba. Also on top right, outside the map border, is a manicule (☞) referring to an identical typographic mark in the book text. More detailed map description.
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Jens Munk 400th Anniversary Facebook page

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Creator
Jens Munk  (1579–1628) wikidata:Q924500
 
Jens Munk
Description explorer, naval officer, seafarer and traveler
Date of birth/death 3 June 1579 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1628 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Arendal Copenhagen
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q924500
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1628, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
 Geotemporal data
Date depicted from 1619 until 1620
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1619-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Map location Hudson Strait, Hudson Bay, Arctic Canada, Greenland
Map type nautical chart
Heading
Bounding box
N: 68°N
W: 96°W E: 40°W
S: 55°N
 Bibliographic data
Publication
Navigatio Septentrionalis
Page(s) unnumbered page
Language Danish
Place of publication Copenhagen
Printed by
Henrich Waldkirch
 Archival data
Dimensions height: 10.9 cm (4.2 in); width: 18.7 cm (7.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,10.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,18.7U174728
Medium woodcut print
artwork-references Gosch, Christian Carl August , ed. (1897) Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620. Book II The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk, London: Hakluyt Society, pp. 146−184
Scan resolution 96 dpi
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