ARTIST: Philippe Buache
PUBLISHER: Published by P. Buache/J. A. Dezauche, Paris.
MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1750-c.1780.
EDITION SIZE: 17 3/4 24 7/8" (450 x 630 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This is J. A. Dezauche's reissue of Philippe Buache's map of the Northern Pacific Ocean, North America, and Asia. This map was a cartographic landmark, representing the most important advances in the mapping of this region prior to Cook. The map reported the discoveries of numerous Russian explorers, including Tchirkow and Vitus Bering and several overland expeditions, as well as the routes of Frondat, Spanberg, and other Europeans. The Manila Galleon route is also shown. While the treatment of the NW Coast of America is largely conjectured with the information largely derived from Russian sources. The mythical Bay of the West is shown along with a large Lake titled "Lac De Valasco" in what is now Alaska. The figure in the upper left is a native of Kamtchatka and in the upper right is a figure of a native of Louisiana.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition, save for occasional foxing. Original outline color.
REFERENCE: Wagner 566, Tooley #105.
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