Carte des nouvelles découvertes / dressée par Phil. Buache, P^r. géogr? du Roi, presentée à l'Acad. des Sciences le 9 Aout 1752 et approuvée dans son assemblée du 6 Septembre suivant. Extrait d'une carte Japonaise de l'univers : apportée en Europe par Kaempfer et deposée dans le cabinet de feu Mr. Han Sloane, président de la Société royale de Londre.

Map 1 (upper) Scale approximately 1:35,000,000. -- Map 2 (lower) Scale approximately 1:50,000,000.

2 maps on 1 sheet : hand colored, copperplate engraving ; 15 x 31 cm and 15 x 28 cm, sheet 40 x 46 cm

Shows territories, bodies of water, routes of explorers, and notes on voyages and discoveries.
Relief shown pictorially on first map.
"Suppl. 6e. Carte" printed above top right corner.
Text panels flank lower map (Extrait): "Extrait de Kaempfer" at left; "Avertissement" at right.
From: [Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne ...]: Suite du recueil de planches ... / [par M. Diderot]. -- Supplement v.5, Carte 6e.

Comparative cartography of the West Coast of North America and Northeast Coast of Asia, based upon Buache. The various Russian discoveries between 1731 and 1742 are shown in the upper map, including the Sea of the West and various explorers routes and notes. The bottom map is based upon a Japanese map taken by Kaempfer back to Europe. Diderot's work is part of a 10 map supplement to his Encyclopedia, and provides one of the most fascinating studies in contemporary comparative cartography which can be obtained by collectors, much of which is dedicated to the NW Coast.

BLR#84038