DESCRIPTION: Crisp antique copperplate map / chart of Alaska published from Boston in 1801 by Rev. John Malham in Malham's Naval Gazetteer. One of the earliest available maps of Alaska printed in the United States in the early 19th century. Named features include Bristol Bay, Prince William's Sound, Queen Charlotte's Isles, Mt. St. Elias, Cook's River, Bhering's Straits, Port Bukarelli (Bucareli Bay), and Kodiak Island.
The land mass that today we call Alaska is only noted as "Part of North America", and the designation "Alaska" is reserved for the Alaska Peninsula, a narrow body of land separating Bristol Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
This later edition of Malham's map is updated with detailed place names not found in his earlier map of 1796. Mt. St. Elias, today designated Boundary Peak 186, is much more prominently noted. Numerous decorative rhumb lines.
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author. Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).
PUBLICATION DATE: 1801
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean
CONDITION: Good
A strong, crisp impression on strong laid paper. Archival repair from verso to right edge. Right bottom corner less than 1/4" margin.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 9
" x
7 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3
PRICE: $350
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