Carte des parties Nord et est de l'Asie qui comprend les Côtes de la Russie Asiatique, le Kamschatka, le Jesso, et les Isles du Japon dressée en 1764 par M

This series of 10 maps was prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot’s Encyclopédie. This seminal map series, exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography. See also Philippe Buache's Consideration...

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Main Authors: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786, Diderot, Denis
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Chez les Sociétés Typographiques 1772
Subjects:
Northwest Passage
Northwest passage
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Summary:This series of 10 maps was prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot’s Encyclopédie. This seminal map series, exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography. See also Philippe Buache's Considerations Geographiques Et Physiques Sur Les Nouvelles Decouvertes Au Nord de La Grande Mer Appellee Vulgairement La Mer Du Sud, our 11780.000, for an earlier comparative cartography study of the same area. Wagner 637; Wheat 160; Tooley 100; Leighly 177 (Plate XXIV, State 2); UCB.

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