Title: Map of the Anadyr Estuary in the Bering Sea: From a Map by the American Engineer Bulkley in 1815, and Corrected According to the Observations of the Clipper "Gaidamak" in 1875

Description

• This map was intended for use by mariners. The table at the right contains detailed navigational information, including a list of true bearings from point A and compass variations at points A, B, and C. Also shown are summer nomadic camps of the Chukchi, sandbars, and cliffs. In August 1889, some 13 years after this map was created, a Russian expedition founded the settlement of Novo-Mariinsk at this location. The easternmost town in Russia, it was renamed Anadyr' in 1923.

Contributor

• Hydrographic Department of the Ministry of Marine

Publication Information

• Saint Petersburg

Language

• Russian

Title in Original Language

• Karta Anadyrskogo Limana v Beringovom More : s Karty Amerikanskogo Inzhenera Bul'kleia 1815 g., i Ispravlennoi po Nabliudeniiam Klipera "Gaidamak" 1875 g.

Place

• Europe > Russian Federation > Chukotka

Time

• 1850 CE - 1899 CE

Topic

• History & geography > Geography & travel > Atlases, maps, charts & plans

Additional Subjects

• Bering Sea

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 map, 46 x 84 centimeters, on sheet 54 x 88 centimeters

Notes

• Scale 1:182,700

Institution

• National Library of Russia

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/rusprnb.121