Historic Maps » Cote N.O. de l'Amerique. by Dagelet, Joseph Lepaute ; La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788 from 1797

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Author: Dagelet, Joseph Lepaute ; La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Date: 1797

Short Title: Cote N.O. de l'Amerique.

Publisher: Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique

Type: Atlas Map ; Chart Map

Obj Height cm: 69

Obj Width cm: 50

Scale 1: 6,600,000

Note: Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. Covers coast from Mt. St. Elias to Monterey Bay. Shows route of La Perouse. Prime meridian: Paris.

Reference: Wagner, H.R. Cartog. of the NW coast, 840; Falk, M.W. Alaskan maps, 1797-8.

World Area: North America

Country: United States ; Canada

Region: Pacific Coast (North America)

Full Title: Carte generale d'une partie de la cote du nord-ouest de l'Amerique reconnue par les Fregates Francaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. Assujettie au point journalier de la Fregate la Boussole determine astronomiquement par M. Dagelet. Bouclet sculp. Herault scrip. Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse no. 16. (Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797)

List No: 3355.016

Page No: No. 16

Series No: 18

Engraver or Printer: Bouclet, ; Herault,

Publication Author: La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788

Pub Date: 1797

Pub Title: Atlas du voyage de La Perouse. (title page only) Dessine par J. M. Moreau le Jeune. Grave par Ph. Triere. L. Aubert scripsit.

Pub Reference: Phillips, 688; Howes. U.S.iana, 93; Mickwitz. A.E. Nordenskiold Collection ... annotated catalogue of maps made up to 1800, v.2 no. 133.

Pub Note: "La Perouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative, maps, and views survived and were published in 1797. This copy consists of the Atlas only to the First French edition. It is an exceptional copy, with very strong impressions. It should be compared to the smaller English Atlas of 1799. Maps are without color and bound in half leather brown marbled paper covered boards with ""La Perouse's Voyages. Atlas"" stamped in gilt on the spine. Issued to accompany: Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde ... an V (1797)"

Pub List No: 3355.000

Pub Type: Chart Atlas ; World Atlas

Pub Maps: 34

Pub Height cm: 56

Pub Width cm: 41

Image No: 3355016

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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