"Groenland et les Nouvelles Terres Descouvertes vers le Septentrion", Briet, Philippe

Very rare little map based on the information from Jens Munks' expedition of 1619-20. Munk was sent by Denmark's King Christian IV to seek a Northwest Passage to the Orient. He left from Copenhagen in May of 1619 with two ships. They entered Hudson Bay in late August and wintered near present-day Churchill, (noted on the map as Port d'hyver de Munk). They spent a terrible, scurvy ridden winter, during which nearly all of the 63 crew members died but for Munk and two crewmen who survived to return to Denmark. The map shows Hudson Bay named Mer Christiane after the Danish king, and is inset with maps of Iceland and Spitzbergen. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: B

Nice dark impression. A small wormhole located in the lower right corner.