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La Perouse Chart of northern Pacific

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Title: Carte des côtes de L'Amérique et de L'Asia depuis la Californie jusqu'a Macao, d'apres les Decouvertes suites en 1786 et 1787 par les Fregates Française la Boussole et l'Astrolabe
Author: La Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de
Description: Copper-engraved chart, later hand-coloring. 60.2x69.4 cm. (19¾x27¼").A chart showing the route of this French expedition, mapping the Pacific coast of Asia, from Macao, Japan and Kamchatka, east to the Sandwich Islands, north to Mt. St. Elias in Alaska and then south to Monterey. Engraved by Pierre Tardieu.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Paris
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Date Published: [1797]