Title of the map:

"VUES DE DIVERSES PARTIES DE LA COTE NORD-OUEST D'AMERIQUE"

Large copper engraved map of seven profil views of the western coasts of North America, by George Vancouver. The plate is engraved by Michel.

It presents, from top: Drakes Bay- California (Pointe de Los Reyes)- entrance to San Francisco bay- Port St Francisco- Point Pinos; Santa Barbara; entrance of the port of San Diego; Two mountains south of San Diego bay; Cape Colnett (Mexico).

Vancouver and his officers draw these views when they travelled in Pacific Northwest in 1791-94. 

Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791-1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia as well as the US states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The expedition also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia.

Vancouver Island, the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Vancouver River on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Vancouver, Washington in the United States, Mount Vancouver on the Canadian-US border between Yukon and Alaska, and New Zealand's fourth-highest mountain, also Mount Vancouver, are all named after him.

Size with margins : 64 x 45,5 cm / 25,1 x 17,7 inches

Condition : good condition, on strong paper

Edition : Paris, 1799, 18th century. Plate N°13.

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Due to the age an type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help you