Nouvelle carte des découvertes faites par les vaisseaux russiens aux côtes inconnues de l'Amérique Septentrionale avec les pais adiacents : dressées sur des memoires authentiques de ceux qui ont assisté a ces découvertes et sur d'autres connoissances.

Map of northwestern North America and the Russian Far East including the Bering Strait region showing the exploration routes of Bering, Chirikov, and other Russian explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored in light and dark brown watercolors (wash) and in red ink line. Imperfect: Trimmed, ve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ nauk (Russia)
Format: Map
Language:French
Published: St. Petersbourg : Academie imperiale des sciences 1773
Subjects:
Discoveries in geography > Maps > Early works to 1800
North America > Discovery and exploration > Russian > Maps > Early works to 1800
Russian Far East (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Russian > Maps > Early works to 1800
Bering Strait Region > Discovery and exploration > Russian > Maps > Early works to 1800
Bering Strait
Online Access:http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3301s.ct007510
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Summary:Map of northwestern North America and the Russian Far East including the Bering Strait region showing the exploration routes of Bering, Chirikov, and other Russian explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored in light and dark brown watercolors (wash) and in red ink line. Imperfect: Trimmed, vertically fold-lined at center, has rubber-stamped insigne of "Depot de cart. pl. et journ. de la Marine" in title cartouche, annotated in ink on verso: No. 10 de la boite no. 23. N'elles découvertes aux ite[unclear] de l'Amérique par l'Acad'ie des Sciences, 1773. DLC Watermarked: Fleur-de-lis in cartouche surmounted by crown with caption: G&I Honic. Includes title in embellished cartouche.

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