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Collection Gallery 5:
This gallery features books, illustrations and maps that came as a result of the strong motivation and opportunity to make a fortune in the fur trade, as inspired by Captain Cook's explorations. Click here for more 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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A Voyage Around the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: . . . Captains Portlock and Dixon
by Captain George Dixon
London, 1789
(Leather Bound Book)
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John Meares
A Chart of the Interior Part of North America demonstrating the very good probability of an Inland Navigation from Hudsons Bay to the West Coast
London, 1790
(Copperplate Engraving)
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John Meares
Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and N.E. Coast of Asia explored in the years 1778 and 1779, by Capt'n Cook and further explored, in 1778 and 1779.
London, 1790
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Comte de La Pérouse
Carte Particuliere de la Côte Du Nord-Ouest de l’Amérique reconnue par les Frégates Françaises La Boussole et L’Astrolabe en 1786
Paris, 1797
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Comte de La Pérouse
Plan du Port de St. François
Paris, 1797
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After comte de La Pérouse
Canoe of Port des Français and Fame of a Canoe Found at Port des Français
Paris, 1798
(Copperplate Engravings)
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Carte de la partie de la Côte nord-ouest de l’Amérique ... par le Capitaine Georges Vancouver
Paris, 1820
(Copperplate Engraving)
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