COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Wilkes, Charles
Author:
United States Exploring Expedition
Date:
1840
Short Title:
Harbours of Mbenga, Rewa-Roads, South Side of Viti Levu, Fiji.
Publisher:
C. Sherman
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
62
Obj Width cm:
41
Note:
This sheet is a part of a loose set - See Pub Note below.
Reference:
Haskell 83.
Country:
Fiji
Subject:
Oceans; Seas
Subject:
Navigation
Subject:
Nautical Charts
Full Title:
Island and Harbours of Mbenga, South Side of Viti Levu, Feejee (Fiji) Group, by the U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840. Rewa-Roads, South Side of Viti Levu, by the U.S.Ex.Ex. 1840.
List No:
6947.000
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
C. Sherman
Publication Author:
United States Exploring Expedition
Publication Author:
Wilkes, Charles
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
(Hydrography Chart from the The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842).
Pub Reference:
Haskell 83.
Pub Note:
A set of 60 loose sheets (our Pub List Nos. 6941.000-7000.000) printed for individual sale on heavy paper. The charts of islands in the Pacific are likely some of the most detailed at the time (1840). The charts were also published on thinner paper as Vol. XXIII - Hydrography - Wilkes - Atlas of Charts - Vol. I and Vol. II, of The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. These 60 are not a complete set which consists of 106 unnumbered charts. For more information on the controversial expedition commander Charles Wilkes (1789-1877), the expedition's discoveries, and the resultant publications, see the 1968 bibliography of the expedition by Daniel C. Haskell entitled, "The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and Its Publications 1844-1874. Relief shown in hachures. Many maps include horizontal views of islands as seen from a ship.
Pub List No:
6947.000
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
68
Pub Width cm:
51
Image No:
6947000
Authors:
Wilkes, Charles; United States Exploring Expedition
