Chart of the NW coast of America and NE coast of Asia explored in the years 1778 & 1779

Description:

Outline chart with route of Captain James Cook's ships in the Bering Sea and other parts of the North Pacific Ocean in 1778 and 1779, with some dates, bearings etc. the unshaded parts of the coast of Asia are taken from a ms chart received from the Russians ; writing engraved by T. Harmer. Relief is shown pictorially. Depth is represented by bathymetric soundings. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Nautical chart of the Bering Sea and parts of the North Pacific showing the route taken by Captain James Cook's ships in 1778-1779. Also shows the northwest coast of North America and the East Siberian coast. "Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty." Detached from A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere ... performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. London: G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty ... and T. Cadell, 1784.

Creator:

Cook, James, 1728-1779, Harmer, Thomas, (Engraver and draughtsman), Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Nicol, G. (George), 1740?-1828, and Great Britain, Admiralty

Publisher:

[G. Nicol and T. Cadell]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Nautical charts

Subject:

Discoveries in geography, Nautical charts, Travel, and Discovery and exploration

Theme:

Imagery

Date Issued:

1784

Spatial Coverage:

North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Region, Great Britain, England, London, Bering Sea, Northwest Coast of North America, Bering Sea Coast (Russia), North America, Pacific Ocean, Russia (Federation), and Bering Sea Coast

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zr219ds6799