Map [Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disco [sic] Bay, Greenland] Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disko Bay, Greenland

Title

• [Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disco [sic] Bay, Greenland]

Other Title

• Map of the Crown Prince Islands, Disko Bay, Greenland

Names

• Sandgreen, Silas

Created / Published

• 1926.

Headings

• -  Crown Prince Islands (Greenland)--Maps
• -  Disko Bay (Greenland)--Maps
• -  Greenland--Crown Prince Islands
• -  Greenland--Disko Bay

Genre

• Relief models
• Manuscript maps

Notes

• -  The present model was made by Mr. Sandgreen to represent the kinds of models made in the past by Inuit ancestors.
• -  The wooden pieces were carved to represent the actual landform of the islands and the carvings were attached to the sealskin base within pencil location outlines.
• -  Oriented with north toward the upper right (appxrox. 40° west of north).
• -  Manuscript: The islands are painted in black, brown, and light blue to represent their actual colors.
• -  One of the carved wooden islands is missing adjacent to the left sheet edge near the N.W. corner.
• -  Includes north-south direction arrow drawn in lead-pencil at upper right and pencilled no. at sheet edge near the direction arrow.

Medium

• 1 model : wood, col., mounted on sealskin base, nailed to plywood baseboard ; 89 x 61 x 4 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3382.C5C18 1926 .S3

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3382c.ct001822

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2009584739

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2009584739

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