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Historical maps: Arctic (BAnQ)
Corpus of fifteen old maps dating from the 17th to the 20th century. These documents bear witness to the Arctic expeditions and explorations carried out by several generations of European explorers in search of the Northwest Passage. These documents reflect the advancement of knowledge of the Arctic coastline of North America. The information on these maps is based among other things on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher, William Baffin, etc.
Subjects: Greenland, Cartography, Canadian arctic, Davis Strait, Hudson Strait, Circumpolar Arctic, Maps, Northwest Passage, Arctic archipelago, Baffin bay
- Kind
- Free - Open Access
- Access
- Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps: Hudson’s Bay (BAnQ)
Corpus of historical maps dating from the 17th and 18th century and allowing to visualize the territorial evolution of Hudson Bay. Their representation of Hudson’s Bay is inspired, among other things, by the explorations of Henry Hudson and Thomas James. These maps relate the French and English expeditions to this much coveted territory because of its strategic positioning for the fur trade in Europe.
Subjects: Hudson Bay, Cartography, Hudson’s Bay Company, New France, Maps
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- Free - Open Access
- Access
- Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
L’Apparition du Nord selon Gérard Mercator (Université Laval)
Web platform that offers an interactive reading of the first printed map (1595) of the circumpolar North.
Subjects: Circumpolar North, Cartography, Maps, Gerardus Mercator, Polar projection
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- Free - Open Access
- Printed document
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- Open Access
- Print Document
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Polar data catalogue
A catalogue of metadata and polar data, including geospatial data, that describes and provides access to data generated by Arctic and Antarctic researchers.
Subjects: Cartography, Geospatial data, Metadata, Circumpolar North, Research
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- Free - Open Access
- Free - Reference only
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- Open Access
- Reference only
- Domain
- Natural Sciences
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Engineering and Technology