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Collection Gallery 3:
Gallery 3 features just two maps, both copperplate engravings, that came about as a result of secret Russian explorations in the Pacific. As a matter of policy, the Russian and Spanish governments kept their voyages of exploration secret and the two nations published very few maps of their discoveries at the time. Click here for background on this gallery.
Click on any of the thumbnail images of the maps below for a close up view and a written history/description of each. Each enlarged image page also offers you the option to click an arrow to move forward or back through the maps, without returning to this page.
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Joseph-Nicolas de I'Isle,
Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte
Paris, 1752
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Robert Sayer,
The Russian Discoveries, from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.
London, 1775
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Click on any of the map images for larger views and a written description of each.
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