Cartographic Sources For The History Of Russian Geographical Discoveries In The Pacific Ocean In The Second Half Of The 18th Century

• Published in: Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
• Main Author: MEDUSHEVSKAYA, O M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1975
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Bering Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/311v-gu50-00x8-0kk6; https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/311V-GU50-00X8-0KK6

The author, a specialist in the use of cartographic sources for Russian history, discusses various maps resulting from Russian exploration of the coasts and islands of the Bering Sea region during the second and third quarters of the 18th century. Her purpose is to demonstrate the priority of Russian discoveries, as well as the accuracy of the resultant maps, in the face of their underappreciation and even falsification by contemporary non-Russian scholars both within and without the country. L'auteur, specialiste de l'application des cartes a l'étude de l'histoire de la Russie, traite de diverses cartes etablies a la suite d'expeditions d'exploration faites le long du rivage et dans les iles de la mer de Bering entre 1725 et 1775, environ. Son but est de demontrer que les decouvertes russes furent bien les premieres et que les cartes qui en resulterent etaient exactes, en depit du fait qu'elles aient ete sous-estimees et mem falsifiees par des specialistes etrangers contemporains tant en Russie meme qu'a l'exterieur.