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Map Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty, predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam Mai︠a︡ i I︠U︡dom. Меркаторская карта от 59 до 62 градусов северной широты, представляющая дорогу от города Охотска по рекам Мая и Юдом.

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Title

  • Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty, predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam Mai︠a︡ i I︠U︡dom.

Other Title

  • Меркаторская карта от 59 до 62 градусов северной широты, представляющая дорогу от города Охотска по рекам Мая и Юдом.

Translated Title

  • Mercator Map from 59 Degrees to 62 Degrees Latitude North, Showing the Road from the City of Okhotsk Astride the Maia and Iudoma Rivers.

Summary

  • Presented here is a manuscript Mercator map that shows the route between the Siberian cities of Okhotsk and Yakutsk, mainly along the Maya and Yudoma Rivers, located in the region between the latitudes of 59° and 62° North. The map was drawn in 1788 by the famous explorer and ship captain, Gavriil Sarychev (1763-1831), who surveyed vast portions of the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans in the late 18th century. Sarychev's visit to the region depicted on the map took place at the time of the famous Billings-Sarychev Expedition (1785-92), in which he explored the eastern reaches of the Russian Empire in tandem with English captain Joseph Billings, who had been hired by Empress Catherine the Great for his maritime expertise. The map shows the valleys of the Maya and Yudoma Rivers in detail, including the locations of rapids and shoals as well as tributaries. Forested cliffs are indicated on the map, with representations of heavy forestation shown by tree symbols. Relief in the river valleys is indicated by brown shading. The city of Yakutsk is shown just off the upper-left-hand corner of the map, while the city of Okhotsk is indicated in the lower-right-hand corner along the Pacific coast (Sea of Okhotsk). A small black line in the upper-left-hand corner identifies the road that stretched from Yakutsk to the nearest point on the river system that led to Okhotsk. Geographic coordinates for longitude on this map are measured from Ferro (present-day Hierro), the westernmost of the Canary Islands (the western edge of the world known to the ancients), used by geographers back to the time of Ptolemy as a base point prior to the agreement in 1884 that the prime meridian would run through Greenwich, England. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, 1763-1831 , cartographer.

Headings

  • -  Rivers
  • -  Siberia
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Sakha (Yakutiya) Republic
  • -  Yakutsk

Notes

  • -  Opisyval i sochini︠a︡l flota kapitan Gavriil Sarychev. T︠S︡enneĭshai︠a︡ rukopisnai︠a︡ karta, sostavlennai︠a︡ izvestnym russkim moreplavatelem G. A. Sarychevym, issledovatelem Severnogo Ledovitogo i Tikhogo okeanov, kotoryĭ proizvel gidrograficheskie raboty v raĭone Aleutskikh ostrovov. Karta byla narisovana im vo vremi︠a︡ ėkspedit︠s︡ii sovmestno s Billingsom (1785-1789). Na neĭ izobrazhen sukhoputnyĭ put' ot I︠A︡kutska do reki Mai︠a︡, a zatem po rekam Maii︠a︡ i Ĭodom. Doliny rek pokazany podrobno s ukazaniem porogov i perekatov. Lesnye sklony dolin rek izobrazheniĭ perspektivno v vide otdel'no stoi︠a︡shchikh derev'ev.
  • -  Other form of name: Sarytschew, Gawril.
  • -  Setka geograficheskikh koordinat ot Ferro.
  • -  Original map at: Russian State Library
  • -  Описывал и сочинял флота капитан Гавриил Сарычев. Ценнейшая рукописная карта, составленная известным русским мореплавателем Г. А. Сарычевым, исследователем Северного Ледовитого и Тихого океанов, который произвел гидрографические работы в районе Алеутских островов. Карта была нарисована им во время экспедиции совместно с Биллингсом (1785-1789). На ней изображен сухопутный путь от Якутска до реки Мая, а затем по рекам Маия и Йодом. Долины рек показаны подробно с указанием порогов и перекатов. Лесные склоны долин рек изображений перспективно в виде отдельно стоящих деревьев.
  • -  Other form of name: Sarytschew, Gawril.
  • -  Сетка географических координат от Ферро.

Medium

  • 1 map : color ; 50 x 106 cm

Source Collection

  • Maps from the Russian State Library

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018694081

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Chicago citation style:

Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, , Cartographer. Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty,predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam Mai︠a︡ i I︠U︡dom. 1788. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694081/.

APA citation style:

Sarychev, G. A. (1788) Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty,predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam Mai︠a︡ i I︠U︡dom. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018694081/.

MLA citation style:

Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, , Cartographer. Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta ot 59 do 62 gradusov severnoĭ shiroty,predstavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ dorogu ot goroda Okhotska po rekam Mai︠a︡ i I︠U︡dom. 1788. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018694081/>.