COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
The Coast of N.W. America.
Obj Height cm:
81
Obj Width cm:
63
Scale 1:
1,030,000
Note:
Map uncolored and shaded. Note in the title cartouche states, "The parts not shaded are taken from Spanish Authorities." The large map shows the route north in unbroken lines, and the route south in dotted lines. Inset maps include: 1. Entrance of Columbia River 2. Gray's Harbour 3. Port Discovery. Map extends from Cape Lookout, Oregon in the south to Kings Island, British Columbia in the north.
Reference:
P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.
Full Title:
A Chart shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, with the tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham; Commanded by George Vancouver Esqr. and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieut. Joseph Baker, in which the Continental Shore has been traced and determined from Lat. 45¼30'N. and Long. 236¼12' E. to Lat. 52¼15'N and Long 232¼40'E. at the different periods shown by the Tracks. Warner Sculp. 5. (with) three inset maps. London: Published May 1st 1798, by J. Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson Paternoster Row.
List No:
3354.005
Series No:
8
Pub Date:
1798
Pub Title:
A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean And Round The World In Which The Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined And Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally With A View To Ascertain The Existence Of Any Navigable Communication Between The North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; And Performed In The Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 In The Discovery Sloop Of War, And Armed Tender Chatham, Under The Command Of Captain George Vancouver. In Three Volumes. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798.
Pub Reference:
P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.
Pub Note:
Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine.
Pub List No:
3354.000
Pub Maps:
16
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
3354005
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
G.G. & J. Robinson
Type:
Chart Map
State/Province:
British Columbia
State/Province:
Oregon
State/Province:
Washington
Engraver or Printer:
Baker, Lieut. Joseph
Engraver or Printer:
Warner
Publication Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Date:
1798
The Coast of N.W. America.
