Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver.
Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography. George Vancouver (1757–98), who became a noted explorer and surveyor of the Pacific Northwest, joined the Royal Navy at the...
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ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:agdm/859 2023-05-15T15:12:06+02:00 Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. Alaska 1778 Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 North and Central America; United States; Alaska; 1778 1 map on 2 sheets : manuscript each sheet 90 x 61 cm. image/tif; Image/jp2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/859 English eng American Geographical Society Library - Maps American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection (AGS) (RARE) 810 A-1778 sheets 1-2 am001863 am001864 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/859 https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ Alaska--Maps Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Norton Sound (Alaska)--Maps Saint Elias Mount (Alaska and Yukon)--Maps cartographic image Still Image 1778 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T16:43:05Z Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography. George Vancouver (1757–98), who became a noted explorer and surveyor of the Pacific Northwest, joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and was a midshipman on H.M.S. Discovery during Captain James Cook’s ill-fated third voyage of 1778–80. This may be one of Vancouver’s first charts. The purpose for which the chart was made is not known. Such charts may have been drafted by the midshipmen as an exercise, part of a running survey conducted under the guidance of ships’ masters and captains, as suggested by the fact that the chart does not compare in quality to those produced by William Bligh, the master of Discovery’s sister ship Resolution. Cook left Nootka Sound and the island that later would bear Vancouver’s name in April 1778. He sailed north along the Alaskan coast looking for inlets that might lead to the Northwest Passage but was forced to turn south. By July he had rounded the Alaskan Peninsula and was able to sail north again, visiting the Chukotskiy Peninsula, Russia, before heading out into the Bering Sea. Cook crossed the Arctic Circle in August before being forced back by pack ice. He turned west and worked his way down the Russian coast, eventually heading south and east into Norton Sound, Alaska, in September 1778. WDL Grayscale 1:2,020,000 Still Image Arctic Bering Sea Northwest passage Alaska Yukon University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Yukon Bering Sea Pacific Northwest Passage Norton Sound ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) |
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Alaska--Maps Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Norton Sound (Alaska)--Maps Saint Elias Mount (Alaska and Yukon)--Maps Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed in: Manuscript and annotated maps in the American Geographical Society Library: a cartobibliography. George Vancouver (1757–98), who became a noted explorer and surveyor of the Pacific Northwest, joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and was a midshipman on H.M.S. Discovery during Captain James Cook’s ill-fated third voyage of 1778–80. This may be one of Vancouver’s first charts. The purpose for which the chart was made is not known. Such charts may have been drafted by the midshipmen as an exercise, part of a running survey conducted under the guidance of ships’ masters and captains, as suggested by the fact that the chart does not compare in quality to those produced by William Bligh, the master of Discovery’s sister ship Resolution. Cook left Nootka Sound and the island that later would bear Vancouver’s name in April 1778. He sailed north along the Alaskan coast looking for inlets that might lead to the Northwest Passage but was forced to turn south. By July he had rounded the Alaskan Peninsula and was able to sail north again, visiting the Chukotskiy Peninsula, Russia, before heading out into the Bering Sea. Cook crossed the Arctic Circle in August before being forced back by pack ice. He turned west and worked his way down the Russian coast, eventually heading south and east into Norton Sound, Alaska, in September 1778. WDL Grayscale 1:2,020,000 |
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Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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Chart of the NW coast of America and part of the NE of Asia with the track of his Majestys sloops 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' from May to October 1778 / by George Vancouver. |
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chart of the nw coast of america and part of the ne of asia with the track of his majestys sloops 'resolution' and 'discovery' from may to october 1778 / by george vancouver. |
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North and Central America; United States; Alaska; |
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ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) |
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Arctic Yukon Bering Sea Pacific Northwest Passage Norton Sound |
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Arctic Yukon Bering Sea Pacific Northwest Passage Norton Sound |
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Arctic Bering Sea Northwest passage Alaska Yukon |
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Arctic Bering Sea Northwest passage Alaska Yukon |
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American Geographical Society Library - Maps American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection (AGS) (RARE) 810 A-1778 sheets 1-2 am001863 am001864 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/859 |
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