Celebrating Bartlett 2009

Captain Bob Bartlett

World-renowned Arctic explorer. Icon of North American history. From his success on the famed 1909 Peary Polar expedition to his countless Far North adventures, Bartlett is one of the true heroes of the 20th century. Celebrating Bartlett 2009 is a program of events and projects to bring Bartlett’s story to new generations. It will shine light on the legacy of the man whose perseverance and strength symbolize the spirit of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Join us for Celebrating Bartlett 2009 and travel back to a time of firsts, a time of discovery – the time of Captain Bob Bartlett.

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Posted by: Elise Chodat, Bibliographic Systems Librarian, INAC, Ottawa

1840 Globe

Globe from 1840 showing Canadian discoveries up for auction
By Randy Boswell , Canwest News ServiceJuly 4, 2009

It was commissioned in 1840 for an Oxford University library, a $75 globe depicting "the present state of the known world" just three years after a young Queen Victoria had taken the throne.

But when the metre-wide, 169-year-old relic is auctioned July 7 in London, it's expected to fetch a whopping $50,000 - largely because of a map-maker's notations along Canada's northern coastline that suggest the globe may be a one-of-a-kind cartographic creation.

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Posted by: Elise Chodat, Bibliographic Systems Librarian, INAC, Ottawa