COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Wilkes, Charles
Author:
United States Exploring Expedition
Date:
1841
Short Title:
Samoan or Navigator Islands.
Publisher:
C. Sherman
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
62
Note:
This sheet is a part of a loose set - See Pub Note below.
Reference:
Haskell 83.
Country:
American Samoa
Country:
Samoa
Subject:
Nautical Charts
Subject:
Oceans; Seas
Subject:
Navigation
Full Title:
Samoan or Navigator Islands by the U.S. Ex.Ex., Charles Wilkes Esq. Commander 1839.
List No:
6993.000
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
C. Sherman
Engraver or Printer:
Sherman & Smith
Publication Author:
Wilkes, Charles
Publication Author:
United States Exploring Expedition
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
(Hydrography Chart from the The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842).
Pub Reference:
Haskell 83.
Pub Note:
A set of 60 loose sheets (our Pub List Nos. 6941.000-7000.000) printed for individual sale on heavy paper. The charts of islands in the Pacific are likely some of the most detailed at the time (1840). The charts were also published on thinner paper as Vol. XXIII - Hydrography - Wilkes - Atlas of Charts - Vol. I and Vol. II, of The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. These 60 are not a complete set which consists of 106 unnumbered charts. For more information on the controversial expedition commander Charles Wilkes (1789-1877), the expedition's discoveries, and the resultant publications, see the 1968 bibliography of the expedition by Daniel C. Haskell entitled, "The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and Its Publications 1844-1874. Relief shown in hachures. Many maps include horizontal views of islands as seen from a ship.
Pub List No:
6993.000
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
68
Pub Width cm:
51
Image No:
6993000
Authors:
Wilkes, Charles; United States Exploring Expedition
