Carte Generale des Descouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte representant la grande probabilite d'un Passage au Nord Ouest par Thomas Jefferys Geographe du Roi a Londres 1768
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Osher Collection
Name: Carte Generale des Descouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte representant la grande probabilite d'un Passage au Nord Ouest par Thomas Jefferys Geographe du Roi a Londres 1768
Barcode: 751
Image Number: 751.0001
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, 1710-1771
Printmaker: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
From Atlas: No
Notes: Note: "Cette Carte a ete traduite par M de Vaugondy et gravee a Paris en 1772."
Title Translation: General Map of the Discoveries of the Admiral de Fonte representing the Great Probability of a Passage to the North West by Thomas Jefferys Geographer of the King in London 1768
Brief Description: Map centered on the Bering Strait and showing adjacent lands. The map shows the Juan de Fuca Strait creating a link between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Physical Description: 1 map: uncolored, illustrated
Translator: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Date/Date Range Produced: 1772
Date/Date Range Published: 1772
Language: French
Region Depicted: AlaskaArctic OceanArctic regionsArizonaCaliforniaCanadaColoradoGreenlandIdahoMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNorth PoleNorthwest PassageOregonRussiaUtahWyoming
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 29 x 36 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Printing Technique: Copper
Material Type: Paper
Accession Number: OS-1768-1
Donor: Osher
Subjects: AlaskaArctic OceanArctic regionsBering StraitCanadaExploration and discoveryFuentes, Bartolome? de, active 17th centuryGreenlandJuan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)Maps--Early works to 1800North PoleNorthwest PassagePacific and Mountain StatesRussia
Permanent URL:
https://oshermaps.org/map/751.0001