A map of the discoveries made by the Russians on the north west coast of America

Based on Gerard Fridrikh Miller's "Nouvelle carte des découvertes faites par des vaisseaux russiens aux côtes inconnues de l'Amerique septentrionale avec les pais adiacents" and issued to dispute the accuracy of Phillippe Buache and Joseph Nicolas de L’Isle’s "Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du Sud". Cf. Breitfuss.
"Published by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Petersburg."
Covers Canada and a large portion of Asia, showing routes and discoveries in the North Pacific Ocean, including those of Vitus Bering, Aleksei Chirikov and Bartolomé de Fuentes.
Includes imaginary geographic content spuriously attributed to the Spanish navigator Fuentes by L'Isle, and related to the search for a Northwest Passage; see Breitfuss.
Scale [ca. 1:16,000,000].
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Sectioned into 8 panels and mounted on linen.

Contained In:

Detached from: Miller, Gerard Fridrikh. Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America (London : T. Jefferys, 1761).

Original Collection:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)

Referenced In:

Wagner, Henry Raup. Cartography of the northwest coast of America to the year 1800 (1937) v. 1, p. 158-162 and v. 2, p. 337, no. 597, Breitfuss, L. "Early maps of north-eastern Asia and of the lands around the North Pacific : controversy between G.F. Müller and N. Delisle" in Imago Mundi v. 3 (1939), p. 87-99

Citation

Jefferys, Thomas. "A Map of the Discoveries Made by the Russians on the North West Coast of America", detached from Gerard Fridrikh Miller, Voyages from Asia to America, for Completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America (London : T. Jefferys, 1761). Ayer 133 .L772 1761

Newberry Call Number:

Ayer 133 .L772 1761

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Geographic Area Covered:

North Pacific Ocean, North America--Northwest Coast of North America, Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Northern Hemisphere, Arctic Ocean--Northwest Passage, Arctic Ocean--Northeast Passage

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 44 x 61 cm., folded to 27 x 18 cm.

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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