Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Map of the Territory of Alaska (Russian America) ceded by Russia to the United States

Barcode: 54680

Image Number: 54680.0001

Notes: Publishing location and publisher not identified.

Brief Description: On verso: half of map of Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Dominion of Canada. This map is known to have been published by O.W. Gray in one of his atlases but the exact title is unknown. The focus of this map is Alaska. The Chukchi Peninsula, Yukon Territory, and northern British Columbia are included.

Date/Date Range Published: 1872

Language: English

Region Depicted: Alaska

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 29 x 42 cm

Historical Context: The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867 through a treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate.

LC Call Number: G3445 1872 .P7

OCLC: 309402364

Accession Number: OML-1872-64

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/54680.0001