Map of the Antarctic region 1895

Objectnumber: RA 0324

Length: 179.0 cm

Width: 147.5 cm

Materials: wood, paper

This map belonged to Roald Amundsen in his youth and still hangs today in the study at Uranienborg. Vincenz von Haardt’s map of the southern polar region is considered the first modern wall map of Antarctica and shows the expeditions that up to 1895 had explored the continent.