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Subject(s)

• Alaska—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Bering Sea—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Siberia (Russia)—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Pacific Coast (Alaska)—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• North Pacific Ocean—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• North America—Maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Related name

• Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 [Browse]
• Miller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783 [Browse]
• Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ nauk i khudozhestv (Russia) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Maps [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Maps—Alaska—1775 [Browse]
• Maps—Bering Sea—1775 [Browse]
• Maps—Russia—Siberia—1775 [Browse]

Notes

• Shows routes of Captains Bering and "Tschirikow" through Siberia and across the North Pacific to North America, including Alaska; interior of North America vague; Alaskan coast over-extended west by 30⁰.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• Map published by the Imperial Academy was drawn by G.F. Miller, and has title: Nouvelle carte des decouvertes faites par des vaisseaux russiens aux côtes inconnu de l'Amerique septentrionale ...
• Prime meridian: Ferro.
• Coordinates on map: E90⁰--W320⁰/N80⁰--N40⁰.
• Borders of countries, etc. hand-colored.

Scale

Graphic scales: [2 5/16 in. equal] 160 Sea leagues, 20 to a degree; [2 7/16 in. equal] 600 British Statute miles, 69 1/2 to a degree.

References

Wagner, H.R. The cartography of the Northwest coast of America to the year 1800, 650 (v. 2, p. 343).

OCLC

29052796

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