The earliest obtainable map of San Francisco Bay
LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup de.
Plan du Port de St Francois, Situé sur la cote de la Californie Septentrionale.
Paris, 1797. 500 x 340mm.
An important chart of San Francisco Bay, with a 21-point key of places, including Alcatraz and the Presidio. Although it was published in the 'Atlas de Voyage de la Pérouse', the account of the voyages of Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, in the Pacific (1785-8), the chart is probably the work of Spaniard Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rua.
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The earliest obtainable map of San Francisco Bay
LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup de.
Plan du Port de St Francois, Situé sur la cote de la Californie Septentrionale.
Paris, 1797. 500 x 340mm.
An important chart of San Francisco Bay, with a 21-point key of places, including Alcatraz and the Presidio. Although it was published in the 'Atlas de Voyage de la Pérouse', the account of the voyages of Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, in the Pacific (1785-8), the chart is probably the work of Spaniard Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rua.
Stock ID : 22413
SOLD
To see similar items click here