Accession No

5433

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting Disko Island enlarged, by Arthur Shrubbs, English

Origin

Cambridge; England

Maker

Shrubbs, Arthur

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 910mm; height 1360mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

‘DISKO’ (marking area)
‘NUGSUAKS
PENINSULA’ (marking area)

Description Notes

Map of Disko Island enlarged. Areas marked in three colours, blue, green and red. Ther is no key. A few places are labelled. There is a scale marked on the left side: 68, 70 and 71. The two inscriptions mentioned are on the land itself, the rest are labelled around the edges of the land.

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