AGSL GeoDiscovery

Nouvelle carte des decouvertes faites par des vais se aux Russiens aux côtes inconnues de l'Amerique Septentrionale avec les pais adiacents

Description:

Map of northwestern North America and the Russian Far East including the Bering Strait region showing the exploration routes of Bering, Chirikov, and other Russian explorers.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Shows topography, vegetation, drainage, coasts, shoals, political boundaries, routes.

Hand colored in light and dark brown watercolors (wash) and in red ink line.

Decorative cartouche.

Descriptive text throughout.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cz261pg6615

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cz261pg6615 and 2002623931

Language:

fre

Creator:

Miller, Gerard Fridrikh, 1705-1783

Publisher:

Academie Imperiale des Sciences,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, Ocean travel, Discovery and exploration, and Russian

Date Issued:

1773

Spatial Coverage:

North America, Russian Far East (Russia), Bering Strait, and Pacific Ocean

Rights:

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.

Rights Holder:

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.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false