M0000966: Framed chart of the British discovery of the Boothia Peninsula, 1829-1832

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Chart of discovery made by the 'Victory', 1829-1832.

Framed chart titled "Chart of Discovery made by the Victory, 1829-1832" showing a map of the coastline of "Boothia Felix" (now the Boothia Peninsula) in the Canadian Arctic. The Boothia Peninsula was explored during Sir John Ross' second Arctic expedition in the Victory. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

06 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.