Mapping The Pacific Coast - About The Map Collection

Collection Gallery
Join us on an online voyage through the entire collection

The 45 magnificent maps, books and illustrations can be accessed and toured by clicking on any of the six gallery images below. You will then be able to view larger images and descriptions. Some of the maps also include clickable audio tours, describing their history and significance. Click here to listen to an audio introduction (mp3) of the collection provided by Antenna Audio.

Gallery 1: Fact or Fantasy,
The Earliest Explorers
(mid 1500's to mid 1700's)

Gallery 2: California
as an Island
(mid 1600's to late 1700's)

Gallery 3: Secret Russian
Exploration in the Pacific
(1752-1775)

Gallery 4: Captain James Cook's Voyages to the North Pacific
(late 1700's)

Gallery 5: In The Wake of
Captain James Cook
(late 1700's)

Gallery 6: Overland
to the Pacific
(late 1700's)