Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, Exhibiting the Eastern Shores of Asia and the Western Coast of North America from the Equator to Behring's Strait with Plans, on an Enlarged Scale, of the Principal Islands and Harbours - Replica

Verlag: Published by James Imary & Sons, Charts and Nautical Booksellers, London-Replica, 1849

Beschreibung

A spectacular and massive 1849 James Imray nautical chart or maritime map of the northern Pacific. Roughly centered on Hawaii, this sprawling chart covers from Hainan and Borneo eastwards to Columbia and Panama, and from the Behring Strait to the Moluccas and the Galapagos Islands (the Equator). The chart is rendered on a Mercator Projection with latitude measured from Greenwich, England. Like most nautical charts, the cartographer offers very little inland detail, but a wealth of maritime data. This includes the identification of various ports and harbors, coastal topography, shoals and other undersea dangers, and countless depth soundings in fathoms. Additionally, the cartographer has noted aspects of various islands that may have been of importance to the mariner, for example Christmas Island has 'Plenty of Turtle, no fresh Water.' This map is decorated with ten inset maps, from top center, Victoria Harbor (British Columbia), Awatska Bay on the east coast of Kamtschatka, the Mariana or Ladrones Islands (including Guam), the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands (with four sub-insets: Waiakea or Byron Bay, Hanalei Bay (Kauai), Honolulu Harbor, and Kailua Bay), San Francisco Bay, the Mouth of the Columbia River (including the Fort Astoria settlement), and the Philippine Islands. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AMKC190319013

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, Exhibiting...

Verlag: Published by James Imary & Sons, Charts and Nautical Booksellers, London-Replica

Erscheinungsdatum: 1849

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: As New