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Cassini map of Bering Strait after Cook 1798

Title: Le Coste Nord Ouest Dell' America e Nord Est Dell' Asia Delineate sulle ultime Osservazioni del Cap. Cook
Author: Cassini, Giovanni Maria
Description: Copper-engraved map, hand-colored in outline; uncolored pictorial cartouche. 35x49 cm. (14x19½").The Bering Straight, Alaska and the northeast portion of Asia, as delineated during the last voyage of James Cook; the pictorial cartouche depicts natives including a small watercraft.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Rome
Publisher: Presso la Calcografia Camerale
Date Published: 1798