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Title

Bowles's new pocket map of the discoveries made by the Russians on the North West Coast of America [cartographic material] 

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Item (linked) part of

Western Provinces [cartographic material] (R11981-13-4-E)

Date(s)

[ca. 1775-1780]

Place

London

Place of creation

England

Extent

1 map: col., 43 x 59 cm on sheet 54 x 69 cm.

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
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Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC27763
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #565
Cartographic material
90: Open
Item no. assigned by LAC
565
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-59-6-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA

Terms of use

Credit the Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Distributor: Bowles & Carver (Firm)

Additional information

Includes a legend providing an explaination of Russian names.

East longitude from Ferro.

Relief shown by hachures.

Printed for the proprietors Bowles & Carver, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, London.

Custodial history
Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Related materials
Another copy found under Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #564 - Mikan number 3704272

Cartographic math data
Scale: Sea leagues 20 to a degree. Scale: British statue miles 691/2 to a degree.

Exhibitions note
Up North: The Discovery and Mapping of the Canadian Arctic, 1511-1944" An Exhibtion held at The Royal Ontario Museum April 1958

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3706165