Manuscript map of Kamchatka and Alaska : Map 1790

Publication/Creation:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Manuscript map of Kamchatka and Alaska : Map 1790

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Additional Author/Creators:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Maps
Electronic books

Description/Summary

Summary:

Description: Depicts the northern Pacific Ocean between Kamchatka and Alaska, reflecting the views of Russian geographers in the late eighteenth century. The map was influenced by the voyage of Lieutenant Ivan Sindt, who explored the area for the Russians in 1764 to 1766.

Language:

French

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource

General Note:

AMDigital Reference: 1790 mKa.
Keywords: Navigation, Scientific Observations & Instruments; New Territories; St Pierre et Paul, Russia; Port Bolscheresk, Russia; Îles Kouriles, Russia; Kamchatka, Russia; Siberia; North America; Bering Strait; Russian America; cartography, surveying, coastlines, colonisation, indigenous peoples

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Location of Originals:

James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936996713402486