Map of Frobisher Bay drawn by Franz Boas and an unidentified Inuit Colleague

Identifier
jesseferraioli
Title
Map of Frobisher Bay drawn by Franz Boas and an unidentified Inuit Colleague
Description
This is one of a set of maps either drawn and annotated exclusively by an unidentified Inuit colleague or in combination with German-American anthropologist Franz Boas. In this image is Frobisher Bay and other elements of the Baffin Island coastline. This map is an example of European and indigenous knowledge being combined to map the coastline.
Creator
Inuit colleague (unidentified) & Franz Boas
Date Created
1885
Publisher
Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives
Bibliographic Citation
Manuscript 169270, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives