Carte generale des decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte, et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud / par M. De L'Isle de l'Academie royale des Sciences &c.

Map depicting explorations in the North Pacific Ocean, the Russian Far East, and a highly inaccurate approximation of western North America.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768 (Cartographer) Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Language:	French
Language and/or Writing System:	In French.
Published:	[Geneve] : [Chez Pellet, Imprimeur-Libraire], [1779]
Subjects:	North Pacific Ocean > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800. Russian Far East (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800. North America > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800. Early maps.
Genre:	Early works to 1800. Early maps.
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
Physical Description:	1 map ; 30 x 38 cm
Cartographic Data:	Scale approximately 1:20,000,000 (E 132°--W 76°/N 80°--N 30°).
Format:	Map

Description
Summary:	Map depicting explorations in the North Pacific Ocean, the Russian Far East, and a highly inaccurate approximation of western North America.
Note:	Relief shown pictorially. Likely detached from "Suite du recueil des planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication," also known as volume 3 of: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Geneve : Chez Pellet, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1777-1779. "Publiee a Paris en Paris en Septembre 1752." "Suppl. 7e. Carte"--Upper right margin. Includes inset "Carte dressé sur la lettre de l'Amiral de Fonte par l'Ecrivain de la Californie."
Call Number:	G9236.S12 1779 L5 Map