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Keywords: Map of Hudson Strait And Hudson Bay by Jens Munck 1624.jpg Munck Jens Map of Hudson Strait And Hudson Bay 1624 facsimile 1 17 740 800 In C C A Gosch The Expedition of Captain Jens Munk to Hudson's Bay in Search of a North-West Passage in 1619-20 London Hakluyt Society 1897 As reproduced by Danish Arctic Expeditions 1605 to 1620 Book II vol 97 This small crude map was prepared by the Danish sea captain Jens Munck to accompany his account of his journey undertaken in 1619-1620 to search for a Northwest Passage It is significant as it is the first published map to show the west coast of Hudson Bay and therefore to depict Manitoba territory obtained by actual exploration The map was drawn with the south at the top and it extends in coverage from the south tip of Greenland on the left to the west coast of Hudson Bay on the right Hudson Bay is named Mare Christian in honour of King Christian IV of Denmark The only named Manitoba location is a rounded bay on the west coast with which is associated the inscription Munkenes Winterhauen Munck's wintering place which has been identified as Churchill harbour Just to the south is a large funnel-shaped bay which is undoubtedly the grossly enlarged estuary of the Nelson river and the bay into which it flows Warkentin and Ruggles Historical Atlas of Manitoba map 3 p 24 Original manuscript and map in University Library Copenhagen MS Additamenta No 184 FlickR uploaded by http //www flickr com/people/11496488 N07 Manitoba Historical Maps 1624 Jens Munck Public Domain due to age 63 956673 -78 442382 PD-old-100 Old maps of Canada Northwest Passage 1624 engravings Jens Munk Maps of the Hudson Strait
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