Five maps on one sheet. Relief shown by pictorially and by hachures. Components: I. La Carte manuscrite de l'Amerique de Mathieu Neron Pecci olen dressee a Florence en 1604. -- II. Sanson 1656. --III. De l'Isle Amerique Sept. 1700. -- IV. Le...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows tracks of various voyages. Includes illustrations of inhabitant of Kamchatka and from northwest of Louisiana. Map no. 115 of v.2 of de L'Isle's Atlas geographique et universel.
Shows route of Cook's 3rd voyage. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. "Andre, scul." "Bonne fil.del.?" Prime meridian: Paris. Inset: Plan du havre de Samgano Odha dans l'isle de Oonalaska." "126." Compass rose. "Cook, 3d...
Shows Northwestern America and the northeastern tip of Asia, including an enormous and prominent false "Mer l'Ouest" as well as a clear North West Passage; based on the rare De L'Isle map which supposedly chronicled the discoveries of one "Admiral...
Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Polar projection. Kamchatka Peninsula and details of the Russian coastline are missing from this version of de L'Isle's north polar projection, which, along with added text, can be found on his 1740...
Title from verso. Photo of men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "As the first wave of landing boats sweeps in to the rocky beach on Amchitka, troops and cargo await transportation ashore. The U.S. landing on the...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Map showing how military forces took Attu Island during the Aleutian Campaign. Verso reads: "Starting with a landing by scouts on Blind Cove on the north side of Holtz Bay on Attu Island, May 11, American forces have...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows routes of various exploratory voyages. Land on the American continent north and east of Chukotka has the legend, "A great tract of land discovered in 1722 to which the Tzutzy fled when they were pursued by the...
Relief shown pictorially. In color. Includes "Terra Della Compas" and several large islands off the northeast coast of Asia. A number of Russian place names are included. "Tom 8 pag. 306." From volume 8 of Thomas Salmon's "Modern...
Relief shown pictorially. 4 maps on 1 sheet showing essentially the same region of northeast Canada, the north Atlantic Ocean and Greenland in different configurations by Sanson in 1750, de L'Isle in 1700, de L'Isle in 1750, de L'Isle in 1703 and...
Relief shown pictorially. Outline color. Includes a "Terre de la Campagnie". The northwest coast of America is left blank. Annotated in French and Dutch. Falk 1740-1
Published in Amsterdam by Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier in...
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.
Relief shown by hachures. 1 map on 8 sheets bearing dates between 1828 and 1831. Inset sheet 4: Port of Vera Cruz. Inset sheet 8: Isle of Georgia and Sandwich Land. Drawn and engraved by J. W. Lowry.