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Map Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Chukotskoĭ Zemli, Aleutskikhʺ ostrovovʺ i si︠e︡vero-zapadnago berega Ameriki. Генеральная Карта Чукотской Земли, Алеутскихъ острововъ и сѣверо-западнаго берега Америки.

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Title

  • Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Chukotskoĭ Zemli, Aleutskikhʺ ostrovovʺ i si︠e︡vero-zapadnago berega Ameriki.

Other Title

  • Генеральная Карта Чукотской Земли, Алеутскихъ острововъ и сѣверо-западнаго берега Америки.

Translated Title

  • General Map of the Chukotka Territory, the Aleutian Islands, and the Northwestern Coast of America: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them.

Summary

  • This 1826 map of Chukotka Territory, the Aleutian Islands and the northwestern coast of Americais from a larger work,Geograficheskii atlas Rossiiskoi imperii, tsarstva Pol'skogo i velikogo kniazhestva Finliandskogo(Geographical atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland), containing 60 maps of the Russian Empire. Compiled and engraved by Colonel V.P. Piadyshev, it reflects the detailed mapping carried out by Russian military cartographers in the first quarter of the 19th century. The map shows population centers (five gradations by size),borders with foreign lands, district borders, and forts. Distances are shown in versts, a Russian measure, now no longer used, equal to 1.07 kilometers.Legends and place-names are in Russian and French. The region shown on the map was the most remote part of the Russian Empire. The maritime fur trade, based on the pelt of the sea otter, was the economic engine for Russian expansion in this region for more than 125 years. Several Russian joint-stock companies were established to tap the enormous fur wealth; they built towns all along the Aleutian Islands and Pacific Coast of Alaska (many on the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound areas). Grigorii Ivanovich Shelikhov set up his Shelikhov-Golikov Company on Kodiak Island in 1784. By 1799, his company expanded to southeastern Alaska and established a fort near present-day Sitka. The company received a charter of monopoly from Tsar Paul I in 1799 and became the Russian-American Company. The Russian Orthodox Church also sent missionaries to this region, beginning with the monks and novices from Valaam Monastery near the Finnish border who went to Alaska in 1794. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Pi︠a︡dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, 1758-1835, creator.
  • Faleleef, contributor.
  • Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, associated name.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg, Russia : Military Topographical Depot, [1826]

Headings

  • -  Atlases
  • -  Maps
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  • -  United States of America
  • -  Alaska

Notes

  • -  No. 58 Iz izdanii︠a︡: Geograficheskiĭ atlas Rossiĭskoĭ imperii, T︠S︡arstva Polʹskago i Velikago Kni︠a︡zhestva Finli︠a︡ndskogo. Raspolozhennyĭ po gubernii︠a︡m na dvukh i︠a︡zykakh s oznacheniem v onykh gorodov, mestechek, sel, derevenʹ i vsekh primechatelʹneĭshikh mest; pochtovykh i bolʹshikh proezzhikh dorog, stant︠s︡iĭ i razstoi︠a︡niĭ mezhdu onymi, i prochimi selenii︠a︡mi v verstakh i mili︠a︡kh. Na 70 listakh s Generalʹnoi︠u︡ kartoi︠u︡ i Tablit︠s︡ei︠u︡ razstoi︠a︡nii︠a︡ verst po pochtovym dorogam mezhdu znatneĭshimi gorodami. Sochinen po noveĭshim i dostovernym svedenii︠a︡m, v polʹzu obuchai︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ Rossiĭskoĭ Geografii i dli︠a︡ sostavlenii︠a︡ dorozhnikov puteshestvennikam, Sluzhashchim v Voenno-topograficheskom Depo, Svity Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva po kvartirmeĭsterskoĭ chasti Podpolkovnikom Pi︠a︡dyshevym, 1821 goda. [SPb., 1820-1827]. Gravi︠u︡ra, raskrashena. Kartograficheskai︠a︡ setka cherez 5°; schet dolgot ot Ferro. Parallelʹno na frant︠s︡uzskom i︠a︡zyke. Vrezka: prodolzhenie izobrazhenii︠a︡ severo-zapadnogo poberezhʹi︠a︡ Ameriki v otdelʹnoĭ ramke.
  • -  Uslovnye znaki: naselennye punkty (5 grupp), kreposti, granit︠s︡y (inostrannykh vladeniĭ, oblastnai︠a︡, okruzhnai︠a︡). Pokazany: rasselenie narodov nadpisi︠a︡mi; relʹef shtrikhami. Ukazatelʹ: Izʺi︠a︡snenie granit︠s︡ (A-I).
  • -  Original map at: National Library of Russia
  • -  From the atlas "Географической атласъ Россiйской Имперiи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго княжества Финляндскаго."
  • -  No. 58 Из издания: Географический атлас Российской империи, Царства Польскаго и Великаго Княжества Финляндского. Расположенный по губерниям на двух языках с означением в оных городов, местечек, сел, деревень и всех примечательнейших мест; почтовых и больших проезжих дорог, станций и разстояний между оными, и прочими селениями в верстах и милях. На 70 листах с Генеральною картою и Таблицею разстояния верст по почтовым дорогам между знатнейшими городами. Сочинен по новейшим и достоверным сведениям, в пользу обучающихся Российской Географии и для составления дорожников путешественникам, Служащим в Военно-топографическом Депо, Свиты Его Императорскаго Величества по квартирмейстерской части Подполковником Пядышевым, 1821 года. [СПб., 1820-1827]. Гравюра, раскрашена. Картографическая сетка через 5°; счет долгот от Ферро. Параллельно на французском языке. Врезка: продолжение изображения северо-западного побережья Америки в отдельной рамке.
  • -  Условные знаки: населенные пункты (5 групп), крепости, границы (иностранных владений, областная, окружная). Показаны: расселение народов надписями; рельеф штрихами. Указатель: Изъяснение границ (А-I).

Medium

  • 1 map ; 72 x 38cm.

Source Collection

  • Geographical Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland

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  • 2018688693

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Faleleef, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Chukotskoĭ Zemli, Aleutskikhʺ ostrovovʺ i si︠e︡vero-zapadnago berega Ameriki. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1826] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688693/.

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, V. P., Faleleef, C. & Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot, A. N. (1826) Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Chukotskoĭ Zemli, Aleutskikhʺ ostrovovʺ i si︠e︡vero-zapadnago berega Ameriki. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018688693/.

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Pi︠A︡Dyshev, Vasiliĭ Petrovich, Creator, Contributor Faleleef, and Associated Name Russia. General Staff. Military Topographical Depot. Generalʹnai︠a︡ Karta Chukotskoĭ Zemli, Aleutskikhʺ ostrovovʺ i si︠e︡vero-zapadnago berega Ameriki. [Saint Petersburg, Russia: Military Topographical Depot, 1826] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018688693/>.