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1 Yakutat Bay, Alaska Scale 1:80,000. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "Published at Washington, D.C. March, 1901; reissued September 1904, by the U.S. coast and Geodetic Survey." "Topography executed in 1892, Hydrography [executed in] 1892." No. 8455.
Stamped in lower margin: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Oct. 25, 1906.
1904
2 A new & accurate map of the north pole Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. "Drawn from the latest and best authorities and regulated by astronom. observations by Eman. Bowen." "No. 70." Includes explanations of the view and depiction of particular features. Shows Hudson Bay east to Bering Straits; north coasts of Greenland, C...
Map no. 70 from Bowen's A complete system of geography, vol. 2.
[1747]
3 P. Mc.D. Collins' proposed overland telegraph via Behring's Strait and Asiatic Russia to Europe, under Russian & British grants Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances. Shows proposed and completed telegraph lines worldwide and detailed routes of various explorers. 1864
4 A new map of Asia Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: [Arctic Asia and the Arctic Ocean]. "Most humbly inscrib'd to the Right Hon.'able George, Earl of Warrington, &c." Prime meridian: London. Decorative cartouche.
Possibly from Senex's A new general atlas.
[1721?]
5 Nouvelle représentation des côtes nord et est de l'Asie Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: [northern Asian coast] -- [Kamchatka]. "Gravée sous la direction de M'r. de Vaugondy en 1772."
"3e carte" of Robert de Vaugondy's [Recueil de 10 cartes]. / In this state of the map, the words Supplement and l'Encyclopedie in the subtitle are spelled without the é, and the words "3e carte" (rather than "Suppl. 3e carte") appear in the top right margin.
[1772]
6 Carte des parties nord et est de l'Asie, qui comprend les côtes de la Russie asiatique, le Kamschatka, le Iesso, et les isles du Japon Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: I. Partie nord-ouest de l'Amerique --II. Nouvelle Grenade -- III. Région des Conibas et pays voisins -- IV. Extrêmitês de la partie Occidentale de la Californie. "Dressée en 1760 par M***. Nouvelle édition réduite par M. de Vaugondy 1772." Top r...
Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
1772
7 British colonies in North America Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. "Neele sculpt. Strand." "London. Pubd. as the Act directs May 20th 1797, by J. Wilkes." Shows regions surrounding Baffin Bay south to Cape Cod and the Great Lakes. 1797
8 The kingdome of China Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000]. Relief shown pictorially. "Newly augmented by I.S. 1626." "Are to be sold by Tho: Bassett in Fleet Street, and Ric: Chiswell in St. Paul's Churchyard." Includes border vignettes illustrating the inhabitants of various regions, methods of transportation and other cultural...
Likely from John Speed's The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine (1676). / Description of China on verso (pages 37 and 38).
1626
9 Nouvelle représentation des côtes nord et est de l'Asie Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: [northern Asian coast] -- [Kamchatka]. "Gravée sous la direction de M'r. de Vaugondy en 1772."
Suppl. 3e carte, page 162, of Robert de Vaugondy's [Recueil de 10 cartes]. / This state of the map includes both "Suppl. 3e carte" in the upper right margin and a page number, "162," in the bottom right margin.
[1772]
10 L'hemisphere septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les terres Arctiques Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially.
Includes "Terre de la Campagnie." Northwest coast of America left blank. Color variant.
1740
11 Carte de l'entrée de Norton, et du Détroit de Bhering, ou l'on voit le Cap le plus oriental de l'Asie, et la pointe la plus occidentale de l'Amérique Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude de Orientale du Méridien de Greenwich." "Benard direxit." Top right: "Pl. 53." Bottom right: "58." Shows tracks of Cook's third voyage.
Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment.
[1787?]
12 L'hemisphere septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les terres Arctiques Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially.
Includes "Terre de la Campagnie." Northwest coast of America left blank. Color variant.
1740
13 Map of the proposed route of the Collins Overland Telegraph, Western Union Extension Scale not given. Relief shown by shading. Includes table of distances. "Charles S. Bulkley, Engineer -In-Chief." "Hiram Sibley, President / J.H. Wade, vice-President / O.H. Palmer, Secretary / A. Stager, General Sup't." "Compiled from the latest and most reliable Russian, British, and American au...
Annotated inside front cover.
1865
14 Map showing the distribution of the native tribes of Alaska and adjoining territory Scale [ca. 1:3,801,600]. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Aleutian Islands. "Compiled from the latest authorities by W.H. Dall, U.S. Coast Survey." "For the geographical positions of this map the compiler is principally indebted to the records of the U.S. Coast Survey comprising the observations ... 1875
15 An accurate map of North America, from the latest authorities Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. Western Canada labeled "Parts Unknown." [1786?]
16 Colton's map of the Territory of Alaska Scale [ca. 1:7,508,160]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Isotherms show average annual and seasonal temperatures. Inset: Diagram of the Middle [Atlantic] States. Ancillary map: [North and Central America]. No. 17 & 18 from Colton's general atlas. Decorative b...
"Isothermal lines by Lorin Blodgett." / "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York." / Text on verso: The Province of Canada; Alaska, late Russian America.
1868
17 Alaska Scale [ca. 1:10,140,000]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Page 6.
On verso (p. 5): Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada.
[1888?]
18 Sample1
19 Carte de l'Empire de Russie Scale not given. Relief shown pictorially. "Gravé par P. F. Tardieu." "L. Aubert Scripsit." "A Paris, chez Moutardier Libre. Quai des Augustins No. 23."
Sheet 2 of 2. Explanatory text below title on sheet 1 mentions "les pays réunis sous le Régne de Paul Ier" [countries united under the reign of Paul I]. Because the reign of Paul I did not begin until November 1796, the map can date no earlier than that. Still, the fact that the map does not inc...
[1797?]
20 Karta predstavliaiushchaia otkrytii Rossiiskikh moreplavatelei na Tikhom Morie i aglinskago Kapitana Kukka Scale indeterminable. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Inset: Polozhenie Kykhtaka i okolo lezhashchikh ostrovov, otkrytykh i opisannykh na sudnie Kapitana Golikova s kompanieiu, shturmanom Izmailovym [Kodiak Island and nearby islands]. Shows nine voyage ship tracks shown in great detail, ... 1787