Nouvelle cartes des decouvertes faites par des vaisseaux Russes aux côtes inconnues de L'Amerique Septentrionale avec les pais adiacents : Dressée sur des memoires authentiques de ceux, Qui ont assisté a ces decouveries, et sur d'autres Connoissances, dont on rend raison dans un memoire separé
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Form | computer; online resource |
Extent | 1 map : engraving ; 45 x 62 cm, on sheet 53 x 68 cm |
Place | Russia (Federation) |
Place | A St. Petersbourg [St. Petersburg] |
Publisher | a l'Acadamie Imperials des Sciences |
Publication date | 1754; 1754 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | French |
Map data | Scale [approximately 1:14,000,000]Bounding corners in decimals: -130.4050177,48.165148809,-45.48884935,78.9421171641. ; W 130°24'00"--W 45°29'00"/N 78°56'00"--N 48°09'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Miller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783 |
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Subjects
Subject | Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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Subject | Canada > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Subject | Hudson Bay > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Subject | Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
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Note | Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. |
Note | Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwhich meridian. |
Note | Decorative cartouche. |
Note | Shows topography, drainage, ports, routes. |
Note | Features routes of Captains Bering and "Tschirikow" [i.e. Chirikov] across the North Pacific to North America, including Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. |
Note | Descriptive text throughout. |
Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
Collection
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
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