COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-6925
accession_number
C-6925
Accession Number
false
File Name:
C-6925-000
file_name
C-6925-000
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Cl787 WiA
call_number
Cabinet Cl787 WiA
Call number
false
Map title:
Carte des decouvertes faites par les Russes et par le capitaine anglois Jacques Cook dans la Mer du Sud
map_title
Carte des decouvertes faites par les Russes et par le capitaine anglois Jacques Cook dans la Mer du Sud
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
St. Petersburg
place_of_publication
St. Petersburg
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[1787]
publication_date
[1787]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
64 cm.
map_size_height
64 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
86 cm.
map_size_width
86 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
Engraved map
item_description
Engraved map
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the northwestern part of North America, including present-day Alaska and Canada, showing the Bering Strait. The tracks of the ship in the respective expeditions of Bering in 1728 and 1741, of Chirikov on his return in 1741-2, of Crenizin in 1768, of Spanberg in 1738, of Walton in 1738, of Schelting in 1741, of Petushkov in 1777, and of Cook in his third voyage in 1778-9, are individually marked. A key to the different lineations employed is at lower right. "Les longitudes se comptent de l'Isle de Fer." Title above the top frame line. At lower left, outside the border, "Composé par Alex. Wilbrecht en 1787." At lower right, similarly, "Gravé et écrit par I. C. Nabholz." Inset at top of map, right of center: Carte des Isles Kichtak et Afognat (off Alaska's southern coast] et des autres adjacentes decouvertes par le Pilote de la Marine Imper[iale] Ismailoff.
geographical_description
Map of the northwestern part of North America, including present-day Alaska and Canada, showing the Bering Strait. The tracks of the ship in the respective expeditions of Bering in 1728 and 1741, of Chirikov on his return in 1741-2, of Crenizin in 1768, of Spanberg in 1738, of Walton in 1738, of Schelting in 1741, of Petushkov in 1777, and of Cook in his third voyage in 1778-9, are individually marked. A key to the different lineations employed is at lower right. "Les longitudes se comptent de l'Isle de Fer." Title above the top frame line. At lower left, outside the border, "Composé par Alex. Wilbrecht en 1787." At lower right, similarly, "Gravé et écrit par I. C. Nabholz." Inset at top of map, right of center: Carte des Isles Kichtak et Afognat (off Alaska's southern coast] et des autres adjacentes decouvertes par le Pilote de la Marine Imper[iale] Ismailoff.
Geographical description
false
References:
Streeter VI, no. 3483 (this copy)
references
Streeter VI, no. 3483 (this copy)
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Scale 1:
ca. 15,000,000
scale_1
ca. 15,000,000
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1787
normalized_date
1787
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b53976502
lc_bibliographic_number
b53976502
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Wilbrecht, Alexander
creator
Wilbrecht, Alexander
Creator
false