![VILBREKHT (also WILBRECHT), Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1757-1823). Karta predstavliaiushchaia otkrytii Rossiiskikh moreplavatelei na Tikhom more i Aglinskago Kapitana Kukka. [A Map Showing the Discoveries of Russian Seafarers in the Pacific, and of the English Captain Cook.] [St. Petersburg] 1787.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_15724_0164_000(vilbrekht_aleksandr_mikhailovich_karta_predstavliaiushchaia_otkrytii_r054732).jpg?w=1)
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VILBREKHT (also WILBRECHT), Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1757-1823). Karta predstavliaiushchaia otkrytii Rossiiskikh moreplavatelei na Tikhom more i Aglinskago Kapitana Kukka. [A Map Showing the Discoveries of Russian Seafarers in the Pacific, and of the English Captain Cook.] [St. Petersburg] 1787.
The first edition of this rare, separately-published map of the North Pacific by Russia’s preeminent cartographer at the end of the 18th century. It is one of the most important maps of the region, which incorporates the discoveries and charts the courses of the major, primarily Russian voyages up to and including that of Captain Cook. It includes an inset that is probably the earliest detailed map of Kodiak Island: the site of Russia’s first settlement in Alaska and now the second largest island in the United States (after Hawaii). RBH and ABPC record no copy at auction since the Streeter sale in 1969 (lot 3482).
Engraved map (820 x 550mm) on wove paper (890 x 635mm) watermarked with a capital P [or Cyrillic R] (the fold expertly strengthened on the verso; short marginal tears; light soiling; small stretch of the Alaskan coast filled in partly deleted red pencil). Provenance: Royal Cartography Institute, Berlin (oval and round stamps, in red, in the bottom right corner; penciled note on verso "Dubl. T 9016" and stamped inventory number "T 1096") – Russian penciled marginalia, deleted – Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
The first edition of this rare, separately-published map of the North Pacific by Russia’s preeminent cartographer at the end of the 18th century. It is one of the most important maps of the region, which incorporates the discoveries and charts the courses of the major, primarily Russian voyages up to and including that of Captain Cook. It includes an inset that is probably the earliest detailed map of Kodiak Island: the site of Russia’s first settlement in Alaska and now the second largest island in the United States (after Hawaii). RBH and ABPC record no copy at auction since the Streeter sale in 1969 (lot 3482).
Engraved map (820 x 550mm) on wove paper (890 x 635mm) watermarked with a capital P [or Cyrillic R] (the fold expertly strengthened on the verso; short marginal tears; light soiling; small stretch of the Alaskan coast filled in partly deleted red pencil). Provenance: Royal Cartography Institute, Berlin (oval and round stamps, in red, in the bottom right corner; penciled note on verso "Dubl. T 9016" and stamped inventory number "T 1096") – Russian penciled marginalia, deleted – Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.