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KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johann von. Atlas de L'Océan Pacifique. St. Petersburg: par ordre de Sa Majeste, 1824.
Atlas volume only (without the two volumes of text), 2o (512 x 593 mm). 15 maps (6 double-page, and some including smaller insets for a total of 36 charts.) Original boards, upper cover with original printed paper label (rebacked, some light wear to edges). Provenance: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (tiny ink stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. The charts are drawn on a large, detailed scale, and represent the first systematic attempt to chart the islands of the Pacific. They are based on Krusenstern's own observations during the first Russian circumnavigation and incorporate findings of subsequent voyages to the Pacific. Krusenstern commanded THE FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION. The atlas "may be taken as an example of the extraordinary labour and perseverance of the author, as well as his superior talents as a navigator and astronomer. None of his statements have ever been called into question; while the discoveries and nautical corrections are universally acknowledged to have been of infinite service to navigation" (Dawson, Memoirs of Hydrography, Eastbourne, 1885).
The first edition in French of this work is very rare. Both Ferguson and Phillips refer only to the later edition of 1827-35 (with 34 maps). The maps included in the first edition are of the Southern Hemisphere:
1. Carte Générale de l'océan Pacifique. 1824.
2. Carte de la Nouvelle Guinée et du détroit de Torrès. - Plan du port Dory. 1824.
3. Carte de al mer du Corail. 1824.
4. Carte le la côte sud est de la Nouvelle-Galles méridionale. - Plan du port Jackson. 1824.
5. Carte de la Terre Van Diemen et du détroit de Bass. - Plan du port Philip. 1824.
6. Carte des iles de l'Amirauté. - Carte de la Nouvelle Irlande. - Plan du port Gower. 1824.
7. Carte des isles de la Nouvelle Bretagne. - Cart de l'archipel de Santa Cruz. - Plan de l'Anse Byron. 1824.
8. Carte de l'archipel de la Louisiade. - Carte de l'archipel de Mendana. - Plan du port Chichagoff. 1824
9. Carte systematique de l'archipel des isles de Salomon. - Plan de la baie Choiseuil. - Plan du port Praslin. 1824.
10. Carte de l'archipel des Nouvles. Hebrides. - Plan du port de la Resolution. 1824.
11. Carte de la nouvelle Caledonie. - Plan du port St. Vincent. 1824.
12. Carte de la Nle. Zélande, et du détroit de Cook. - Carte du détroit de Cook. - Plan de la baie Dusky. 1824.
13. Carte de l'archipel des isles des Amis. - Carte de l'archipel des isles de la Societé. - Plam de la baie Matavai. 1824.
14. Carte de l'archipel des isles Fidji. - Esquisse de Sandal wood bay. - Carte de la isles des Navigateurs. Plan de l'Anse du massacre. 1824.
15. Carte de l'archipel des isles Basses. 1824.
The atlas was accompanied by two volumes of text: Recueil de mémoires hydrographique pour servir d'analyse et d'explication á l'atlas de l'océan pacifique, par le commodore de Krusenstern (St. Petersburg, 1824-27-35). "The atlas volume is very important and is difficult to obtain" (Hill 952 note); Brunet III:700; Cordier Japonica 459; (1827 edition); Ferguson 1130a (1827 edition); Hill 952 ("The atlas volume is very important and is difficult to obtain"); Howes K-270; Lada-Mocarski 91; Phillips Atlases 3242; Sabin 38329; Wickersham 6241(1827 edition).
Atlas volume only (without the two volumes of text), 2
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. The charts are drawn on a large, detailed scale, and represent the first systematic attempt to chart the islands of the Pacific. They are based on Krusenstern's own observations during the first Russian circumnavigation and incorporate findings of subsequent voyages to the Pacific. Krusenstern commanded THE FIRST RUSSIAN CIRCUMNAVIGATION. The atlas "may be taken as an example of the extraordinary labour and perseverance of the author, as well as his superior talents as a navigator and astronomer. None of his statements have ever been called into question; while the discoveries and nautical corrections are universally acknowledged to have been of infinite service to navigation" (Dawson, Memoirs of Hydrography, Eastbourne, 1885).
The first edition in French of this work is very rare. Both Ferguson and Phillips refer only to the later edition of 1827-35 (with 34 maps). The maps included in the first edition are of the Southern Hemisphere:
1. Carte Générale de l'océan Pacifique. 1824.
2. Carte de la Nouvelle Guinée et du détroit de Torrès. - Plan du port Dory. 1824.
3. Carte de al mer du Corail. 1824.
4. Carte le la côte sud est de la Nouvelle-Galles méridionale. - Plan du port Jackson. 1824.
5. Carte de la Terre Van Diemen et du détroit de Bass. - Plan du port Philip. 1824.
6. Carte des iles de l'Amirauté. - Carte de la Nouvelle Irlande. - Plan du port Gower. 1824.
7. Carte des isles de la Nouvelle Bretagne. - Cart de l'archipel de Santa Cruz. - Plan de l'Anse Byron. 1824.
8. Carte de l'archipel de la Louisiade. - Carte de l'archipel de Mendana. - Plan du port Chichagoff. 1824
9. Carte systematique de l'archipel des isles de Salomon. - Plan de la baie Choiseuil. - Plan du port Praslin. 1824.
10. Carte de l'archipel des Nouvles. Hebrides. - Plan du port de la Resolution. 1824.
11. Carte de la nouvelle Caledonie. - Plan du port St. Vincent. 1824.
12. Carte de la Nle. Zélande, et du détroit de Cook. - Carte du détroit de Cook. - Plan de la baie Dusky. 1824.
13. Carte de l'archipel des isles des Amis. - Carte de l'archipel des isles de la Societé. - Plam de la baie Matavai. 1824.
14. Carte de l'archipel des isles Fidji. - Esquisse de Sandal wood bay. - Carte de la isles des Navigateurs. Plan de l'Anse du massacre. 1824.
15. Carte de l'archipel des isles Basses. 1824.
The atlas was accompanied by two volumes of text: Recueil de mémoires hydrographique pour servir d'analyse et d'explication á l'atlas de l'océan pacifique, par le commodore de Krusenstern (St. Petersburg, 1824-27-35). "The atlas volume is very important and is difficult to obtain" (Hill 952 note); Brunet III:700; Cordier Japonica 459; (1827 edition); Ferguson 1130a (1827 edition); Hill 952 ("The atlas volume is very important and is difficult to obtain"); Howes K-270; Lada-Mocarski 91; Phillips Atlases 3242; Sabin 38329; Wickersham 6241(1827 edition).