Early Coastal Views of Various Islands of the American West Coast, 1803

Name: Early Coastal Views of Various Islands of the American West Coast, 1803
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11487-22
Price: 250 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1803
Kind: City Views & Plans
Size: 30 × 50.5 cm (11.8 × 19.9 in)
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Alaska
Reference: BG-11487-22

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Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

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Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Coastal profiles of the northwest coast of America, an original copper engraving titled "Gezigten der West-Kust van Amerika" (Views of the West Coast of America), from the Dutch edition of James Cook's voyage account, Reizen Rondom de Waereld, translated by J.D. Pasteur and published by Honkoop, Allart en Van Cleef in 1803. The sheet carries a plate number, "N° XXXVII", at the upper right.

Seven elongated coastal views are stacked down the sheet, each with a Dutch caption giving the bearing and distance from which the headland was seen. They include named profiles such as Mount Edgecumbe, Mount St. Elias, Kayes Island (Kaije) and a view of the land near the entrance of Prince William Sound with Cape Hinchinbrook. The drawn outlines range from low, flat shorelines to a sharp conical peak and snow-covered ranges at the lower right.

Cook's third voyage (1776 to 1780) charted this stretch of the Pacific coast, and views of this kind were drawn as sailing aids so that landfalls could be recognized from the sea.

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