
Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection
Title: 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
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
Barcode: 751
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas
Printmaker: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Translator: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Region Depicted: Arctic regions · Greenland · Russia · Alaska · Arctic Ocean · North Pole · Northwest Passage · Canada · Oregon · California · Idaho · Nevada · Montana · Wyoming · Utah · Colorado · Arizona · New Mexico
Date Produced: 1772
Date Published: 1772
Language: French
Subjects: Pacific and Mountain States · Arctic regions · Greenland · Russia · Alaska · Arctic Ocean · North Pole · Northwest Passage · Canada · Bering Strait · Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.) · Fuentes, Bartolome? de, active 17th century · Exploration and discovery · Maps--Early works to 1800
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 29 x 36 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Printing Technique: Copper
Material Type: Paper
Notes: Note: "Cette Carte a ete traduite par M de Vaugondy et gravee a Paris en 1772."
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
Theme: The Acadèmie Royale des Sciences and France as the King of Cartography, 1700-1783
Collection/Donor: Osher
Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/751.0001