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General'nai︠a︡ Karta, Predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ Udobnye Sposoby K Umnozhenii︠u︡ Rossiĭskoĭ Torgovli I Moreplavanii︠u︡ Po Tikhomu I I︠U︡zhnomu Okeanu. (Генеральная карта, представляющая уд�...
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Old map of Alaska, United States.
American Company active in the maritime fur trade in sea otter pelts in the North Pacific from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. The map displays, for the era in which it was made, a thoroughgoing level of knowledge of Alaska. It clearly incorporates cartographic insights gained from both the recent Russian explorations in the North Pacific since the voyage of Vitus Bering to Alaska in 1741 as well as the subsequent trading expeditions of the Russian-American Company along the Aleutian Islands and south-central Alaska. The coverage of the map is uneven, however, as reflected in the blank spaces for much of interior Canada and the North American Arctic as well as the northern reaches of Australasia and other parts of the Southern Pacific region. It shows the full length of the Great Wall of China and highlights relief where known as well as gives the names of islands, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water. Siberia and Alaska are shown with the most cartographic detail, which of course reflects the intimate knowledge of these regions gained by the Russian-American Company. These features also would have been the most novel and valuable parts of this map for foreign interests. The map includes a detailed inset of Kodiak Island, where the Russian-American Company then had its headquarters, and adjoining regions of Alaska. In contrast to the main part of the map, which has north oriented towards the top, the inset shows west oriented towards the top and thus presents Kodiak at an unusual angle. The inset has a scale listed in versts, a tsarist-era unit of distance equal to 1.07 kilometers. No scale is provided for the main map. World Digital Library.
Created by Ivan Ivanovich Golikov in 1787.
American Company active in the maritime fur trade in sea otter pelts in the North Pacific from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. The map displays, for the era in which it was made, a thoroughgoing level of knowledge of Alaska. It clearly incorporates cartographic insights gained from both the recent Russian explorations in the North Pacific since the voyage of Vitus Bering to Alaska in 1741 as well as the subsequent trading expeditions of the Russian-American Company along the Aleutian Islands and south-central Alaska. The coverage of the map is uneven, however, as reflected in the blank spaces for much of interior Canada and the North American Arctic as well as the northern reaches of Australasia and other parts of the Southern Pacific region. It shows the full length of the Great Wall of China and highlights relief where known as well as gives the names of islands, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water. Siberia and Alaska are shown with the most cartographic detail, which of course reflects the intimate knowledge of these regions gained by the Russian-American Company. These features also would have been the most novel and valuable parts of this map for foreign interests. The map includes a detailed inset of Kodiak Island, where the Russian-American Company then had its headquarters, and adjoining regions of Alaska. In contrast to the main part of the map, which has north oriented towards the top, the inset shows west oriented towards the top and thus presents Kodiak at an unusual angle. The inset has a scale listed in versts, a tsarist-era unit of distance equal to 1.07 kilometers. No scale is provided for the main map. World Digital Library.
Created by Ivan Ivanovich Golikov in 1787.
- Odna iz interesneĭshikh kart, kotorai︠a︡ svidetel'stvuet ob otkrytii︠a︡kh russkikh issledovateleĭ na Severo-Zapadnom poberezh'e Ameriki i v Tikhom okeane. Ee sostavili kapitan Golikov i kupet︠s︡ Shelikhov Grigoriĭ, kotorogo za neutomimui︠u︡ dei︠a︡tel'nost' na blago Rossii G.R. Derzhavin nazval "Kolumbom Rossiĭskim".
- Original map at: Russian State Library
- Одна из интереснейших карт, которая свидетельствует об открытиях русских исследователей на Северо-Западном побережье Америки и в Тихом океане. Ее составили капитан Голиков и купец Шелихов Григорий, которого за неутомимую деятельность на благо России Г.Р. Державин назвал "Колумбом Российским".
Map Subjects
Alaska
East Asia
American Company
United States Of America
United States
Ivan Ivanovich Golikov
1787
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1787
Alaska
American Company
East Asia
Ivan Ivanovich Golikov
Map
United States
United States Of America
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