Engraved map of the North Pole with hand-coloring in wash and outline, 525 x 653 mm visible area, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Inset map of Nova Zembla, inset whaling vignette, dedicatory cartouche with coat of arms. (Some minor burn-through of pigment, some minor soiling.)

Prepared by Pitt for The English Atlas, this map "is one of the most evocative of the region ever published" (Burden).  "This decorative map combines the primitive concepts of 'Frisland,' 'Frobisher Strait' as bisecting southern Greenland; and the three-island concept of Arctic Canada introduced by Sanson" (Kershaw). Burden II, 525; Kershaw 120.