ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP TERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART Egedesminde Torssukatak Disko Bugt

Description

ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
West Coast Greenland
Egedesminde to Torssukatak including Disko Bugt
See Photos for condition.
Disko Bay
(
Greenlandic
:
Qeqertarsuup tunua
;
Danish
:
Diskobugten
[1]
) is a large bay on the western coast of
Greenland
. The bay constitutes a wide southeastern inlet of
Baffin Bay
.
Disko Bay has been an important location for centuries. Its coastline was first encountered by
Europeans
when
Erik the Red
started a settlement in 985 AD on the more habitable western coast of Greenland.
[5]
The two settlements, called the
Eastern
and
Western settlements
, were sustenance economies that survived on
animal husbandry
and farming.
[5]
Soon after the Western settlement was established, the
Norsemen
travelled up the coast during the summer thaw and discovered Disko Bay.
Their interest in this bay was due to its rich resources:
walruses
for
ivory
,
[5]
[6]
seals
for their pelts, and
whales
for a variety of materials. These products became the main source of income for the Greenlandic settlers who traded with
Iceland
, the British Isles, and mainland Europe.
[6]
Without these resources the settlements would probably not have lasted as long as they did.
[5]
It is uncertain when the
Inuit
first started venturing into Disko Bay, but the
Saqqaq
were present there between 2400 and 900 BC.
[7]
Norse accounts describe the area as uninhabited when they first explored it. Norse accounts document an eventual trade arrangement with the Inuit who came from the north and west. For a time, both parties made peaceful use of the bay. Later accounts
[8]
report
fighting
and
massacres
on both sides. However, the primary reason for the abandonment of the Greenlandic settlements was the advent of the
Little Ice Age
that started in the 15th century. There was such an extreme shift in
temperature
that Disko Bay became inaccessible even in the warmer summer months, thereby destroying the livelihood of the Greenlandic Norse. Even the Eastern settlement, which was below the
Arctic Circle
, became too cold for habitation. From that time until
Danish colonization
in the 18th century, the Inuit controlled the Disko Bay area although English and Dutch
whalers
sometimes visited the area after it was charted during
John Davis
's third Greenland expedition in 1587.
Torsukattak Strait is located in the southern part of the
Upernavik Archipelago
, in the group between
Nunavik Peninsula
in the south, and
Upernavik Icefjord
in the north.
[1]
The strait separates
Akuliaruseq Island
in the west from
Amarortalik Island
in the east. In the north, the strait empties into a small
Kangerluarsuk Fjord
off
Koch's Land
on the mainland of Greenland. In the south, it flows into
Eqalugaarsuit Sulluat Fjord
.