Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Carte des côtes de l'Amérique et de l'Asie : depuis la Californie jusqu'à Macao

Barcode: 
4687820500131
Title: 
Carte des côtes de l'Amérique et de l'Asie : depuis la Californie jusqu'à Macao
Original Title: 
Carte des côtes de l'Amérique et de l'Asie : depuis la Californie jusqu'à Macao
Contributor: 
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Category: 
Sea Charts
Type: 
Printed
Language: 
French
Create Year: 
1797
Format: 
JPEG, 9596 × 6852, 59.9MB
Scale: 
Scale not given
Note: 
Macao and the surrounding islands were depicted in this map.
Note: 
This map described the French explorer Jean Francois Galaup Comte de La Pérouse led by astronomers and Geographer in 1786. He crossed the Pacific Ocean arrived Macao,and via the Philippines and then sailed north to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Macao and the surrounding islands were depicted in this map , zigzag lines on the drawing to record the navigation route . When La Pérouse arrived at macao, he sold the furs acquired in Alaska and visited Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria who was the Governor of Macau.
Note: 
Macao in China Maps; Macao in Asia Maps
Note: 
Macao in Routes
Subject: 
Voyages around the world
Subject: 
Discoveries in geography
Geographic Area: 
Pacific Ocean
Geographic Area: 
Northeastern Asia
Geographic Area: 
North America
Geographic Area: 
China
Geographic Area: 
Taiwan
Geographic Area: 
Japan
Geographic Area: 
Korea
Pub Title: 
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde
Pub Author: 
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
Pub Year: 
1797
Pub location: 
Paris
Provenance: 
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library