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North west America, north east Asia & Arctic Regions, Diderot, 1780.

North west America, north east Asia & Arctic Regions, Diderot, 1780

"Carte Generale Des Decouvertes De L'Amiral De Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols Anglois et Russes pour le recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud par M. De l'Isle …1752" engraved by Heidegger. Published in the 'Vaugondy Supplement' to Diderot's Encyclopedia, 1772 or 79. Shows the conjectural northwest coast, based upon De Font and Russian Discoverers, including the Bay of the West. Several folds as published, margins of about 1 cm or more, apart from upper left where the map was bound in. Several small (1 cm) tears along one fold (no loss.) Size 37.5 x 29.5 cms plus margins. Ref E9438

     
 
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