With an appendix containing an historical account of the Dutch, English, and American whale fisheries; some important observations on the variation of the compass, &c.; and some extracts from Mr. Scoresby's paper on "Polar...
"AF Lucini Fece"--on lower left corner. From Dudley's Dell' arcano del mare. "D'America carta XXXII." Decorative cartouche. Illustrated with ships and compass rose.
Published in [Florence] by [Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri] in...
"AF Lucini Fece"--on lower right corner. From Dudley's Dell' arcano del mare. "D'Asia carta XVIII." Decorative cartouche. Illustrated with ship and compass rose. Falke 1646-3.
Published in [Florence] by [Nella stamperia di Francesco...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Includes notes on vegetation and geographical features along route of exploration. Selective relief shown by hachures. From Department of Interior annual report for 1901. Compass rose. In color.
Manuscript map. Shows Krenitzin's and Levashev's voyage from Kamchatka to the Fox Islands in 1768 and 1769, and was purportedly secured from Catherine II by or for the Scottish historian William Robertson by his friend Dr. Rogerson, the Empress's...
Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Inset: Karta gavani Chichagova, nakhodiashchaiasia u sievero-vostochnoi chasti ostrova Attu,…sochinena po pravomu kompasu flota Michmanom Etolinym, 1827 goda [Map...
One map on 2 sheets. "By Robt. Morden & Will'm. Berry." Shows California as an island; much of the Arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain...
One map on 2 sheets. Shows California as an island; much of the arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain John Wood's coat of arms. Many...
Relief shown pictorially. Contemporary color. Shows world in two spheres, with California as an island. Shows routes of Shouton, Drake, Cavendish, and others. Border contains renditions of the sun and moon, and a compass rose. Includes keys of...
Selective relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. First published 1892. Stamped in lower left margin: Aids to Navigation corrected for information received to May 3, 1901. Polyconic projection. "Sailing chart S." ...