Nouvelle carte des decouvertes faites par des vaisseaux russiens aux côtes inconnues de l'Amerique septentrionale avec les pais adiacents : dressée sur des memoires authentiques de ceux qui ont assisté a ces decouvertes, et sur d'autres connoissances

More details at:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5705751

Description:

Relief shown pictorially, and with form lines on coasts. "P.I. no. 53 lllme." Shows routes of Captains Bering and "Tschirikow" through Siberia and across the North Pacific to North America, including Alaska, with revisions of the NW coast of America (on earlier eds., Alaskan coast was overextended by 30⁰), and of the Aleutian Islands; interior of North America vague. Attributed to G.F. Miller. This ed. includes revisions of the NW coast of America, and of the Aleutian Islands. Prime meridian from ed. published London : Robt. Sayer, 1775: Ferro. Coordinates on map: E90⁰--W320⁰/N80⁰--N40⁰.

Creator:

Miller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783

Publisher:

A St. Petersbourg : A l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, 1784.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Alaska—Maps—Early works to 1800, Bering Sea—Maps—Early works to 1800, North Pacific Ocean—Maps—Early works to 1800, North America—Maps—Early works to 1800, Pacific Coast (North America)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Siberia (Russia)—Maps—Early works to 1800, Maps—Alaska—1784, Maps—Bering Sea—1784, Maps—Russia—Siberia—1784, Maps—North Pacific Ocean—1784, and Maps—North America—1784

Spatial Coverage:

Alaska, North Pacific Ocean, Siberia (Russia), and North America

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF