2 maps of the North Pacific Ocean area printed on the same page. Suppl. 6e. carte in Diderot's Encyclopedia. Also published in Robert de Vaugondy's Recueil de 10 cartes. Relief shown pictorially.
"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...
"Dediee et presente au roy par son tres humble, tres obeysant, et tres fidele serviteur et sujet Louis Claude de Vezou." "Gravee par J. Lattre." Includes 11 circular charts showing solar and lunar eclipses, positions of the horizon, and models of...
"Dressee en 1764 par M***. Nouvelle edition reduite par M. de Vaugondy." "Suppl. 2e carte" of Robert de Vaugondy's "Recueil de 10 cartes". Wagner, 637.
A reduced version of the De l'Isle/Buache map published by the Prussian Academy of Science & Literature, published by Euler, a German mathematician who was with the St. Petersburg Academy. Shows routes of Russian discoveries in 1723, 1732, and...
Choy, Terence (artist). Size: 17 x 30 x 12 in. Medium: Metal, plastic, and acrylic paint 17" gold pan mounted on 3 castors; pan partially painted in blended oil colors; 3" letters ('a' 's' 'l') and number (5) bolted to pan; red dashed arrow on...
Description: wool; brass; braid; piping; serge; cotton; silk; ribbon Used: Chief Kowee; Kaawa.ee Descriptive Narrative: a). Jacket - navy blue wool, double breasted, w/row of 7 brass navy type buttons & 7 buttonholes up each side of the...
Edition of October, 1887. Selective relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Grave par C. Legras." "Ecrit par Vialard." Prime meridian: Paris. "No. 3784." "124-181."
Engraved map of Russia, with information based on Russian maps. Double sheet map (glued together). Half circle title top center. Cutaways in bottom corners, one showing scales, one labeled "Observation," acknowledging what maps the information...
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...
Gold spoon, round soup-type bowl, encrusted with nuggets. Has an 'L' connecting the handle to the bowl. Bowl has engravings inside the bowl and a rolled, twisted edge.
Hand colored. From Renard's Atlas de la Navigation (1715). Polar projection. Sheet illustrated with the figure of Atlas carrying the globe in the shape of a planisphere. Shows California as an island.
Hand colored. Polar projection. Shows Robert de Vaugondy's proposed route across the North Pole to the Pacific Ocean. Published in Paris in 1774. [Ches l'Auteur Quai de l'horloge du Palais prex le Pont neuf]. Scale is not given (W180...