Charting the Arctic and Antarctic: An Illustrated History of the Sea Charts of Polar Discovery

A remarkable visual exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic using the sea charts and maps created through history.

Charting the Arctic and Antarctic tells the illustrated story of the exploration of the two seemingly-immeasurable polar continents, using sea charts and maps composed over centuries, often under extreme and unique weather conditions. These maps record how extraordinary men tried to find two apparently vital routes: first in the Arctic as early as the 9th century, and later in A...