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Map Karta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane. Карта новых открытий в Восточном Океане.

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Title

  • Karta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane.

Other Title

  • Карта новых открытий в Восточном Океане.

Translated Title

  • Map of the New Discoveries in the Eastern Ocean.

Summary

  • This Russian map of 1781 depicts parts of eastern Siberia and the northwestern part of the North American continent, including places reached by the Russians Mikhail Gvozdev and Ivan Sind, the English explorer Captain James Cook, and others. In 1732, the expedition led by Gvozdev and the navigator Ivan Fedorov crossed the Bering Strait between Asia and America, discovered the Diomede Islands, and approached Alaska in the vicinity of Cape Prince of Wales. The expedition landed on the shore of the North American mainland, marked on the map as the "American Point," and reported that what they discovered was not an island but a far greater landmass. South of the Bering Strait, the map shows the islands mapped by Lieutenant Sind in 1764-68 and several islands discovered by the English. Northeast of Bering Strait, in the far north of present-day Alaska, is a point reached by Cook in 1778 during his third voyage to the Pacific in his quest for the elusive Northwest Passage. It is marked on the map with the words: "Glorious Captain Cook reached this place in 1778." The map also points out areas inhabited by various ethnic groups with whom the Russian and European explorers made early contacts: Yakut, Koryak, Yukagir, and others. World Digital Library.

Created / Published

  • Saint Petersburg, Russia : Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, 1781.

Headings

  • -  Cook, James, 1728-1779
  • -  Exploration and encounters
  • -  Explorers
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Voyages and travels
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Amur Oblast
  • -  Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
  • -  Khabarovsk Krai
  • -  Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic
  • -  Sakhalin Oblast
  • -  United States of America
  • -  Alaska

Notes

  • -  Karta vostochnoĭ chasti Sibiri i severo-zapadnoĭ chasti Ameriki. Pokazany mesta, poseshchavshiesi︠a︡ geodezistom Gvozdevym v 1732 g., kapitanom Kukom v 1778 g.,.
  • -  Original map at: National Library of Russia
  • -  Карта восточной части Сибири и северо-западной части Америки. Показаны места, посещавшиеся геодезистом Гвоздевым в 1732 г., капитаном Куком в 1778 г.,.

Medium

  • 1 engraved map ; 17 x 38 cm, on sheet 20 x 50 cm

Source Collection

  • Maps and Atlases from the National Library of Russia

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018693880

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Karta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane. Saint Petersburg, Russia: Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, 1781. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018693880/.

APA citation style:

(1781) Karta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane. Saint Petersburg, Russia: Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018693880/.

MLA citation style:

Karta novykh otkrytiĭ v Vostochnom Okeane. Saint Petersburg, Russia: Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, 1781. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018693880/>.