COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Date:
1798
Short Title:
The Coast of N.W. America.
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
80
Obj Width cm:
62
Scale 1:
1,290,000
Note:
Map uncolored and shaded. Note in the title cartouche states, "The parts shaded Red are taken from Spanish Authorities." (No red shading has been added to this copy.) The vessels' tracks are shown by dotted lines. Spanish Missions and Presidios are noted. Map extends from St. Domingo, Mexico in the south to Point Reyes, California in the north.
Reference:
P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.
Country:
Mexico
State/Province:
California
Region:
Baja California (Mexico : State)
Region:
San Diego Bay (Calif.)
Region:
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
Full Title:
A Chart shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, With the Tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham; Commanded by George Vancouver Esqr. and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieut. Joseph Baker, in which the Continental Shore has been traced and determined from Lat. 30¼00'N. and Long. 244¼32' E. to Lat. 38¼30'N and Long 237¼13'E. Engraved by T. Foot, Weston Place, Battle Bridge. No. 8. (with) Entrance of Port Sn. Francisco. (and) Port Sn. Diego. London: Published May 1st 1798, by J. Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson Paternoster Row.
List No:
3354.008
Series No:
11
Engraver or Printer:
Baker, Lieut. Joseph
Engraver or Printer:
Foot, T.
Publication Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Pub Date:
1798
Pub Title:
A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean And Round The World In Which The Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined And Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally With A View To Ascertain The Existence Of Any Navigable Communication Between The North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; And Performed In The Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 In The Discovery Sloop Of War, And Armed Tender Chatham, Under The Command Of Captain George Vancouver. In Three Volumes. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798.
Pub Reference:
P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.
Pub Note:
Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine.
Pub List No:
3354.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
16
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
3354008
Authors:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
