MAP, Southeastern Alaska, La Perouse
Southeastern Alaska. Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse, Plan de l'Entree du Port de Bucarelli sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique..., from Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse, 1797 (circa). Black & White. This large-scale chart covers a portion of today's Prince of Wales, San Fernando, Lulu, Noyes, Baker, and Suemez islands in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. There is excellent detail along coastlines plus scores of soundings in bays and harbors. Adorned with a simple compass rose with an arrow indicating north. Engraved by Bouclet.
LITERATURE: Wagner #843; Falk #1797-12; Shirley (BL Atlases) G.LPR-1a #26.
Dimensions: 27.1 x 19.5 in
Condition Report: A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a large tower watermark, one tiny hole, a hint of offsetting, and soiling along the deckle-edged sheet. Grade: A
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Southeastern Alaska. Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse, Plan de l'Entree du Port de Bucarelli sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique..., from Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse, 1797 (circa). Black & White. This large-scale chart covers a portion of today's Prince of Wales, San Fernando, Lulu, Noyes, Baker, and Suemez islands in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. There is excellent detail along coastlines plus scores of soundings in bays and harbors. Adorned with a simple compass rose with an arrow indicating north. Engraved by Bouclet.
LITERATURE: Wagner #843; Falk #1797-12; Shirley (BL Atlases) G.LPR-1a #26.
Dimensions: 27.1 x 19.5 in
Condition Report: A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a large tower watermark, one tiny hole, a hint of offsetting, and soiling along the deckle-edged sheet. Grade: A
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