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P-NW101 - LA PEROUSE "Plan De L'Entree du Port De Bucarelli sur la Cote du Nord Ouest de L'Amerique" Paris 1797. B/W. 19½X27. Fine chart based on the manuscript maps of Maurelle & Quadra represents the northernmost explorations by Spanish navigators. It was named after New Spain's Viceroy, and Bucarelli Sound at 55°15'N was for a time thought to be the entrance to the northwest passage. It is located about 50 miles west of Ketchikan. The chart shows many soundings around the harbor shoreline. Locates Golfo De Esquibel. Is. De St. Fernando, Is. St. Juan Baptista. Puerto de la Real Marina and shows points and bays, channels and many small islands.

P-NW110 - G. VANCOUVER "Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique Reconnue par le Cap (e) Vancouver.. 2(e) Partie.." Paris 1799. 29X24. B/W as issued. Large scale chart shows coastal topography with elevations from Pointe Barre de Arena & Cap Mendocino to Cape Foulweather and Cape Lookout in Oregon including Mount Hood. Tracks of Vancouver's ships the 'Discovery' and the 'Chatham' are depicted along the coast with dates and a finely detailed inset chart of 'Bale de La Trinidad' is shown with soundings. A finely detailed chart from the Paris Edition of 'Voyage de Vancouver' from George Vancouver's surveys of the Pacific Northwest and the coast of California. 

P-NW111A - G. VANCOUVER “Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique Reconnue par le Cap. Vancouver. 1st Partie.” Paris. 1799. B/W. 30X24. In 1791 Capt. George Vancouver was appointed by the Royal Navy in London, to command an expedition of discovery to America's Pacific Northwest coast. After sailing to the Pacific by way of the Cape of Good Hope, he reached Tahiti on December 30. After a stay of 3 weeks, and then a month spent in Hawaii, he sighted the California coast near Cape Mendocino on April 18, 1792. From here he made detailed surveys of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sounds and then explored down the coast to San Francisco which he reached in November 1792, taking depth soundings and visiting the Presidio at the entrance to the Bay. Due to stormy weather he returned to Hawaii for the winter, but in April of 1793 he was back on the California coast, surveying from Nootka on the island named for him (Vancouver), down to San Francisco again, from whence he continued southward to Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands, reaching San Diego and finally Santa Domingo in December of 1793. This fine chart shows the tracks of Vancouver's ship the “Discovery” down the coast in 1792 and 1793. Included also at the top of the chart are two insets 1.) Entrance to the Port of San Francisco and 2.) Port of San Diego. Both insets show hydrographical details of the harbors with depth soundings and shoreline contours. From the French edition of “A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World....under the Command of Capt. George Vancouver.” Published in London in 1798 and in Paris in 1799.

P-NW129 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY "Canada West Coast. British Columbia. 'Queen Charlotte and Johnstone Straits and Adjacent Channels.' Johnstone & Broughton Straits surveyed by Commdr. Simpson. R.N. H.M. Surveyeing ship 'Egeria' 1901-1902. Also surveyed by D. Pender, R. N. 1863-65. Adjusted to positions supplied by Geodetic Survey of Canada 1930. Published & engraved 1935. (1944/1958 Small corrections to 1971. 26X41. Shows Seymour Inlet, Drury Inlet, Broughton Is. Gilford Is. Turnour Is. Hardwicke Is. Knight Inlet. Very detailed shoreline topography. Detailed soundings in fathoms, buoys, beacons, shoals, courses, channels & navigational notes. Chart 581. 

P-NW133 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY "North America. West Coast." Juan de Fuca Strait. Port Angeles." Originally published & engraved. London. 1897. From U. S. Govt. charts of 1949 with additions & corrections to 1951 (1961). 20X26. Chart #1717. Shows Ediz Hook. Block plan, buildings & wharves at Port Angeles. Detailed soundings in fathoms, beacons, buoys, courses, channels & navigational notes. 

P-NW135 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY "Cape Caution to Quatsino Sound" From Canadian charts to 1948. Published & engraved 1950. Issued 1959. Corrections to 1979. Originally published from surveys 1860, 1902/3. London. 26½X39. Chart 582. Shows Vancouver Island & Quatsino Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound & Strait, Cox Island & Lanz Is., Hope Is & Goletas Channel. Very detailed island topography. Shows Cape Scott & Channel. Depicts very detailed soundings, courses, channel, bearings, beacons, tides. (British Columbia.)

P-NW136 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY "North America. West Coast." Plans in British Columbia". From surveys by Capt. G. H. Richards RN. Surveying ship 'Plumper" 1860. & Lieut. Commdr. J. D. Nares. surveying ship "Egeria" 1910. with additions & corrections to 1952. Published & engraved 1913.. New editions 1930 & 1952 to 1970. 5 inset charts on one sheet. 26X39. Chart 585.

1.) Strait of Georgia, Baker Passage. 
2.) Texada Island. Blubber Bay. 
3.) Malaspina Strait. Powell River 
4.) Desolation Sound. Prideaux surveyed 1864. 
5.) Texada, Sturt Bay & Vananda Cove. 

Very detailed soundings, courses, beacons, buoys, shoals, dangers. 

P-NW138 - J. MALHAM'S NAVAL GAZETTEER "A Correct Chart of the West Coast of North America from Bhering's Straits to Nootka Sound." London. T. Cadell. 1801. Colored. 7½X9½. Attractive chart shows coastal topography from Bherings Strait to Nootka Sound and shows Cape Prince of Wales, Bristol Bay, Cooks River, Prince William Sound, Mt. St. Elias, Cape Fairweather, Dixons Entrance, Queen Charlotte's Isles, Princess Royal Islands;: Charlotte Sound & Nootka. Chart is finely engraved with a large compass rose in center with fleur de lys motif. The Kamtchatska Sea & the North Pacific Ocean are crossed by rhumb lines and the title is in fine calligraphy in an oval. A scarce chart with fine color. 

P-NW141 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Preliminary Chart of Entrance to Koos Bay, Oregon." Wash. D. C. 1862. Colored. 14½X17. Very detailed chart shows soundings in the entrance and in Koos Bay. Locates Koos Head, Tunnel Pt. Yokam, Cape Gregory. The South Slough. Fossil Pt. Shows shoals, breakers, bottoms, location of wreck inside the entrance. Includes navigational notes. 

P-NW144 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Preliminary Survey of the Mouth of the Columbia River" Oregon Territory" and "Cape Hancock (or Disappointment) Oregon." Shows the proposed site for a lighthouse. 1851. 9½X8. B/W. Two small charts on one sheet.

P-NW145 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Mouth of the Columbia River" 1851. B/W. 17X26½. Very detailed chart shows soundings, sailing directions, tides, bottoms. Approach view of the Entrance of the Columbia River. Cape Hancock. Township of Astoria.

P-NW148 - BONNE (R) “Carte De L'Entree de Norton et du Detroit De Behring” Paris 1788. 9½X13½. Colored. Compass rose, soundings, navigator's tracks, throughout  the region. Islands, capes and bays., off the Bering Straits and around Norton Sound. Cap Oriental and Baye de St. Laurent on the Asian side of the Straits. 

P-NW149 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Alaska and Adjoining Territory" Wash. 1869. B/W. 23½X33½. Inset: Aleutian Islands. Very detailed survey of Alaska with many offshore islands and soundings. Rivers, sounds, capes and bays. Navigational notes.  Includes Bering Strait and Eastern Siberia, the North Pacific and Kygani or , Dixon Sound. A fine chart. 

P-NW180 - J. COOK “Carte de la Riviere De Cook, dans la partie N.O.de L'Amerique.” Paris 1784. Colored. 9¼X12. Fine chart engraved by Robert Bernard from a sketch drawn by one of the draughtsmen accompanying James Cook on his 3rd voyage of discovery to the Pacific and the Pacific Northwest in 1776-1780. Chart depicts the tracks of Cook's ships, the ‘Resolution’ and the ‘Discovery’ traversing the Alaskan coast in 1778 & entering Prince William Sound where they stayed briefly while the ships were repaired & re-caulked. Leaving the area they found an inlet, which they thought might be the entrance to a northwest passage, but after exploring its length it ended in snow-capped mountains, where present day Anchorage is located, & the ships turned back. Cook named it first, Cape Turn Again, and then Cook's River. Before sailing southwest again they took detailed soundings, and pursued a course around the Aleutian Islands. Attractive chart with fleur-de-lys pointer in center. From the French Edition of Cook's Voyages published in 1774-1785.

Engravings Below

In 1791 George Vancouver (1758-1798) an English sea captain was sent to America's Pacifc Northwest coast by the British Admiralty in London, to explore the coast and to prove or disprove the theory of the existence of a northwest passage across America's northern regions. Vancouver set sail in HMS ‘Discovery’ a ship of 350 tons, accompanied by the HMS ‘Chatham’ of 135 tons commanded by Lieut. Broughton. In the summer months of 1792, 93 and 94 he explored the California coast & north to Alaska, returning to England in 1795 with some of the most accurate surveys & sketches that had been done to date. The following 8 copper engravings of views of the Pacific Northwest are from the French Edition of Vancouver's Voyages. “Voyage de Decouvertes a l'Ocean Pacifique du Nord”, published in Paris in 1800.

P-NW183 - “Le Port Dick prés de L'Entree de Cook.” 7X9. Port Dick near the entrance to Cook's River, Alaska. 

P-NW187 - “Le Baye Glacee et le Mont St.Elie.” 7X9. Icy Bay & Mount St. Elias. Alaska. 

Capt. James Cook's Third Voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1779

P-NW195 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Une Femme De L'Entrée De Nootka.” Paris. 1785. B/W. A Woman from Nootka (with straw hat.)

P-NW196 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Divers Ouvrages Des Habitans De L'Entrée De Nootka.” Paris. 1785. B/W. Various articles made by the natives at Nootka.

P-NW198 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Une Femme De Oonalaska” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9X7. A Woman of Unalaska with nose ring ornament.

P-NW200 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Chapeaux Des Naturels D'Oonalashka.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9X11. Hats made by the natives of Unalaska.

P-NW203 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Un Ours Blanc.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 7X9. A Polar Bear seen by James Cook & John Webber in Alaska.

P-NW205 - J. COOK/R. BENARD “Carte De La Cote N.O. de L'Amerique et de la Cote N. E. de L'Asie, reconnues en 1778 et 1779. Les Parties de la Cote d'Asie qui ne sont pas ombreés sont tirées d'une Cartes Manuscrits que nous donnerent les Russes.” Paris c. 1784. B/W. 15X26. After Capt. James Cook's death in Hawaii in february 1779, Charles Clerke, the Captain of Cook's ship “Discovery” took command of the “Resolution”, the primary vessel of Cook's Expedition to the Pacific, & John Gore, Cook's 1st Lieutenant took command of the “Discovery”. Together Clerke and Gore took the ships up to the Bering Strait & Russian Alaska to survey & chart the arctic regions, in order to fulfill Cook's own plans, now thwarted by his death. This finely engraved chart by Robert Benard, shows the tracks of Cook's ships in 1778 and 1779 along America's Pacific northwest coast to Prince William Sound & Cook's River, around the Aleutians and through the Bering Strait. Finding the region too icy to continue northward, the ships turned and headed down the Russian coast to Kamtchatka. From thence the ships returned to England via China, the East Indies & the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. This chart is from the French Edition of “Cook's Voyages”.

P-NW206 - R. DE VAUGONDY. Sheet 1. “Cartes des Parties Nord et Ouest de L'Amerique dressee d'apres les relations les plus authentiques par M...en 1764. Nouvelle edition reduite par M. de Vaugondy en 1772.” Livourne 1779. B/W. 12X15. Chart of North America shows both east and west coasts, as well as Canada & Alaska. California & the Pacific Northwest coast to Alaska is still speculative & uncharted, whereas the east coast is depicted from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia & New England down to Florida and the Gulf Coast, showing Boston, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia. Inland regions are primarily Indian lands and largely unexplored in the West. In 1772 Robert de Vaugondy, a well-known engraver in Paris produced a series of 10 charts based on the assumptions and speculatiions of the current scientists and navigators, regarding a Northwest Passage across the North American continent and another passage to the Indies via Asia. This 10 part series appeared in Denis Diderot's “Encyclopedie” in 1779, and this important chart is Sheet 1 and was copied from Samuel Engel's chart of 1764. Engel's theory being that a passage could exist because sea water doesn't freeze! Robert de Vaugondy was sufficiently open- minded to reproduce Engel's map as part of the series. Fine.

P-NW207 - R. DE VAUGONDY Sheet 2. “Cartes des parties Nord et Est de l'Asie qui comprend Les Cotes De La Russie Asiatique Le Kamschatka, Le Jesso et Les Isles Du Japon dressee en 1760 par M.... Nouvelle Edition reduite par M. de Vaugondy.” Paris. 1772. B/W. 12X15. This map is based on Samuel Engel's chart of 1764 and is a pair to the map shown above in PNW206. In this map Engel had drawn the continuation of present day Alaska & the Bering Strait (Strait of Anian) over to Russian Kamschatka, & Japan and across the Russian Arctic seacoast to Norway and Sweden. Robert de Vaugondy revised Engel's map in 1772, which also shows the Aleutian Islands as 3 large blocks in upper right near the Bering Strait. A continuation from Sheet 1. This chart was #2 in the 10 part series prepared in 1772 by de Vaugondy for inclusion in Denis Diderot's “Encyclopedie” published in Livourne in 1779.

P-NW210 - R. DE VAUGONDY (G.de L'ISLE) Sheet 7..“Carte Generale Des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autre Navigateurs Espagnole, Anglois et Russes pour le recherche du Passage a la Mer au Sud. Par M.de L'Isle de Academie Royale des Sciences Etc. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752.” Paris 1779. B/W. 11½X15. Chart is a fanciful depiction of the California coast and the Pacific Northwest to Alaska & the Bering Strait with Russian Kamtchatska. A large mythical Sea of the West is depicted in inland California near the coast, with a note saying it was discovered in 1592 by Juan de Fuca. The northern part of Alaska is noted as being discovered by Admiral de Fonte & his captains in 1640. Tracks of Spanish, English & Russian navigators are shown crossing the northern Pacific from Alaska to Russia and back in the early 1700's. The chart was engraved by Robert de Vaugondy & is based on De L'Isle's map of 1752 and published as Sheet 7 of a 10 part series in Denis Diderot's “Encyclopedie” in 1779. The 10 maps in the series, engraved under the direction of de Vaugondy, all dealt with the question of whether a Northwest Passage could be found crossing the North American Continent, and similarly whether a passage to the Indies could be found across Asia. Fine. 

P-NW212 - Chart 1.) “Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique Reconnue Par Le Capt. Vancouver. 1st Partie.” B/W. 10½X8½. Depicts the Pacific Northwest coast from Pt. Mondrain, Mexico, below S. Diego to Santa Catalina Island & the Canal De Santa Barbara northward to Point Conception, Monterey & Point Pinos to Santa Cruz & San Francisco & Point de la Bodega. The coast is named “Partie de La Cote De La Nouvelle Albion,” & is still not called California. A fine map.

P-NW216 - Chart 5. “Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique Reconnue par le Cap. Vancouver. V Partie." B/W. 10½X9. The coast from Christian Sound & Cape Decision, to Prince Frederick Sound, George III Island, Cress Sound, Cape Fairweather, Berings Bay & Mt. St. Elias. Alaska. 

P-NW219 - Chart 8. “Carte De La Partie De La Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique. Reconnue Pendant Les Etes de 1792, 1793 & 1794. Depuis 29°54' Lat. Nord. et 244° 33' de Long. Orient Jusqu'au Cap Douglas Par 58°32' de Lat. et 207°20' de Long. Par Le Capt. George Vancouver Commandant “La Decouverte” et “La Chatham.” Avec Les Routes De Ces Deux Batimens. Redigee Par Le Lieut. Edward Roberts d'Apres Les Reconnaissance et Les Observations.” B/W. 10½X8½. This fine chart of the Pacific Northwest coast as explored, charted & named by Capt. George Vancouver shows the length of the coast from Mexico to Cook's River & Prince William Sound, in Alaska. The harbors, inlets & islands charted by Vancouver are noted in detail, as well as the contours of the coast. The title is in an oval in top right & the chart completes the series of 8 charts included in the French Octavo edition of Vancouver's Voyages of Exploration to the Pacific & Round the World. A fine chart.

P-NW220 - J. COOK/R. BONNE “Carte De la Cote N.O. De L'Amerique et de la Cote N.E. De L'Asie reconnus en 1778 et 1779.” Paris. 1787-88. Colored. 9¼X13½. Finely engraved chart of America's Pacific Northwest & Alaskan coast, visited by Capt James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, shows the coastline from Nootka, on Vancouver Island to Cook's River in Alaska. Depicts the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Strait with hundreds of depth soundings through the Strait. Includes the Russian coast of Kamtschatka and a large inset in upper right shows a plan of the entrance to Nootka Sound. The chart was probably drawn by William Bligh ( of Bounty Mutineers fame), who was a navigator and master on Cook's 3rd voyage, and the chart would have been redrawn by Lt. Henry Roberts when Cook's ships returned to England in 1780, after his death in Hawaii in 1779. The chart was subsequently re-engraved in Paris in 1787, by Gaspard André a well known French letter engraver and published in Rigobert Bonne's “Encyclopedie Méthodique” in 1787-1788. Rigobert Bonne was the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris. A fine example of an attractive chart.

P-NW225 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Vue De L'Interieur D'Une Maison De L'Entree De Nootka.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9½X14. This scene inside a house at the entrance to Nootka Harbor on Vancouver Island, was sketched by John Webber a young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific and America's Pacific Northwest coast in 1776-1780. These dwellings housed several families but neither Cook nor Webber were able to learn the meaning of the carved idols at the back of the room. Webber's sketch was engraved in Paris, by master engraver Robert Benard for inclusion in the French edition of the Voyages of Capt. Cook, issued in 1785.

P-NW227 - “La Decouverte echoue sur des Rochers.” 4X5. Capt. Vancouver's ship the “Discovery” grounded on submerged rocks at the northern end of Vancouver Island. `

P-NW229 - “Pieux remarkables, places sur le Rivage du Port Townshend dans le Golfe de la Georgie.” 4X5. Four strange looking masts seen by Vancouver's crew on the shore of Port Townshend in the Gulf of New Georgia.

P-NW232 - “Le New-Eddystone, dans le Canal de Behm.” 4X5. Eddystone Rock in the Behm Channel on the mainland opposite Queen Charlotte's Island. British Columbia.

P-NW234 - “Baie de Glace et Mont St. Elie.” 4X5. Icy Bay and Mount St. Elias. Alaska. 

P-NW236 - “Port Dick pres de l'entre de Cook.” 4X5. Port Dick near the entrance to Cook's River. Alaska.

P-NW237A - “Presidio de Monterey.” B/W. 4X5. The Presidio in a landscape setting with horses & riders, Engraved by Tardieu.

P-NW239 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Reconnaissance of Grenville harbor. Washington Territory. By the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. James Alden. U.S.N. Assist.” Wash. D.C. 1854. B/W. 7X8¼. Finely engraved sketch shows the harbor curving around to Point Grenville with many depth soundings and an anchorage noted in center. The Lat. of Point Grenville is approximately 47°20'.00 & the Long. west of the Greenwich Observatory in arc is 12½°14'.00. This is one of thr many fine small sketches of harbors executed by the U. S. Coast Survey in the middle 19th century after the Government started officially charting the United States coastal waters. 

P-NW240 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Reconnaissance of Port Townshend, Washington Territory.” Wash. D.C. 1854. Colored. 15½X10. Chart shows the harbor entrance at Marrowstone Point and Point Wilson. Locates the Custom House, Killsut or Long harbor. Kala Point & Point Hudson. The shoreline is indicated as being tree-lined, and as yet no settlements are depicted around the perimeter of the harbor. A very nice early chart.

P-NW241 - JAMES VIRTUE “The City of Victoria, Vancouver Island.” London c. 1860. Colored. 6¼X9¼. From a painting by H. Linton, this attractive scene shows a rural landscape along a river with cattle and a covered wagon in foreground, and buildings & people on the opposite shore with boats in the river. This is a fine hand colored engraving of Victoria's early days before it became a major city in the later 19th century. Attractive and colorful.

PNW247 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Reconnaissance of False Dungeness Harbor, Washington.” Wash. D.C. 1853. B/W. 9½X12. Finely engraved chart of the harbor with hundreds of depth soundings and Pt. Angeles or Ediz Hook at the entrance. Depicts a Salt Water Lagoon and fresh water inlets around the perimeter of the harbor and indicates the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The chart was surveyed by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lt. James Alden, U.S.N. Fine. 

PNW260 - F. SANTINI (Buache/De Lisle). “Carte Des Nouvelles Decouvertes Au Nord De La Mer Du Sud, Tant a L'Est de la Siberie et du Kamtchatka Qu'a L'Ouest de la Nouvelle France. A Venise Chez Francois Santini.” Venice 1776. Colored. 17½X24½. This beautiful and decorative map shows Alaska and America's Pacific Northwest coast, along with Russian Asia (Siberia) Kamtchatka, the Japanese Islands & the Coast of China. The chart was drawn to show the explorations in the North Pacific in the early 1700's and includes the voyages of Vitus Bering in 1728 and 1741 to the Strait that bears his name and the southern coast of Alaska. Chart also depicts the tracks of Joseph Nicolas Delisle's voyage with Capt. Tchirkov in 1741 and De Frondat's voyage from China to California in 1709. Also crossing the Ocean are the tracks of the Spanish Gallleons, who sailed regularly from Acapulco in Mexico, to Manilla in the Philippines carrying immense quantities of gold and treasure, until in 1743 one of them, the Nuestra Senora de Covadonga was intercepted and captured by Commodore George Anson, and the treasure the ship was carrying made Anson wealthy for life. America's Pacific Northwest coast above Cape Mendocino and Cap Blanc is entirely speculative with a huge “Sea of the West” pictured just inland from the coast, where a network of rivers and lakes is drawn at the supposed entrance to the imaginary northwest passage claimed by the Spanish Admiral de Fonte. The chart's title in top center is in a handsome, ornamental cartouche with leaves, flowers and scrolls in the 18th. century rococo style, topped with a crown and shield in a sunburst. In top left is a colorful engraving of a man from Kamtchatka and in top right is a similar engraving of a man from Louisiana. On the chart North America's east coast from Canada down to the Caribbean including the Great Lakes is pictured with rather more accuracy than the Pacific Northwest which was just starting to be surveyed at the time this map was issued. From “Atlas Universel,” published by G. A. Remondins. Chez Francois Santini in 1776. (Note the chart is based upon the mss surveys of Joseph Nicolas Delisle (1688-1768) who studied with Cassini as an astronomer and cartographer, later working in Russia where he founded the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg before returning to Paris in 1747, after having made his epic voyage with Capt. Tchirkov in 1741. Ref.: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Page 559. No.9.) A very fine chart.

JOHN WEBBER

John Webber was a 24 year old artist, the son of a Swiss sculptor resident in London, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. Whenever Cook's ships, The Resolution and Discovery, anchored off coasts or islands, Webber would draw portraits of the natives and views of the surrounding terrain. The following engravings taken from Webber's sketches were published in James Cook's “A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,” (Atlas Folio.) The 1st official Admiralty approved edition and published by George Nicol, in London in 1784. The engravings are in very nice condition and are from the scarce 1st edition.

PNW271 - J. COOK “Sketch of Nootka Sound. 1778.” London. 1784. Colored. 12½X8¼. Excellent chart of Nootka Sound and Harbor on Vancouver Island, sketched in 1778 by Capt. James Cook and his navigators during his 3rd voyage to the Pacific between 1776-1779 in his ship the Resolution. The sketch depicts shoreline contours and Breaker's Point, with many depth soundings drawn in the entrance to the Sound. Includes a large compass rose with radiating rhumb lines as an aid to mariners approaching from offshore. The chart was published in “A New Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World” compiled by George William Anderson and published by Alexander Hogg in London in 1784. This fine chart was engraved by Thomas Bowen (1732-1790) one of London's finest 18th century engravers.

PNW272 - J. MEARES “Callicum et Maquilla. Chefs de L'Entree de Nootka and Cape dell Imboccatura de Nootka.” Napoli (Naples, Italy.) 1796. B/W. 10½X7. The two striking individuals in this View are native chiefs from Nootka on Vancouver Island seen by Capt. John Meares, a former British Navy officer who made two voyages to the Pacific Northwest between 1788 and 1789. As an explorer and trader he intended to build a British fur trading settlement at Nootka, but his plan was thwarted by other marine traders who warned him off the coast, as he refused to apply for a trading permit. During his voyages he made surveys & maps, and sketched the natives he encountered on his travels. This fine copper plate engraving was engraved by Il Zatta for the Italian edition of “Meares Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the Northwest Coast of America“ titled “Viaggi Dalla Chine Alla Costa Nord Ouest D'America Fatti Negli.” John Meares lived from 1756-1810. 

PNW275 - J. COOK/R. BENARD “Plan Du Havre de Sanganooda, dans L'Isle de Oonalaska.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 7½X6½. In mid-August of 1778 Capt. James Cook with his two ships the “Resolution” & the “Discovery” sailed up the Bhering Strait to the Arctic Circle during his voyage of exploration to the Alaskan coast. As the cold was intense and the ice thick, he turned back, planning to spend the winter in Hawaii. However, as both ships were badly in need of repairs, he headed for Unalaska (Aleutians) & the harbor of Samganooda where the ship's carpenters took 3 weeks to replank & caulk the ships in readiness for their continued voyage across the Pacific. During his enforced stay in Sanganooda, Cook charted the harbor, taking depth soundings & drawing the harbor topography. This excellent chart drawn from Cook's sketches was engraved by Robert Bernard for inclusion in the French Edition of Cook's Voyages, published in Paris in 1785.

PNW278 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Une Femme De L'Entree Du Prince Guillaume.” Paris.1785. B/W. 9¼X6½. In the summer of 1778 Capt. James Cook entered Prince William Sound on Alaska's southern coast to make repairs to his ships the “Resolution” & the “Discovery” during his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. Cook named the harbor Sandwich Sound, which was later changed to Prince William Sound. It was a wide inlet & Cook & his Officers thought it might be the entrance to the Northwest Passage, but after several days of sailing up it's 200 mile length Cook found his ships hemmed in by snow-capped mountains & no further passage was possible. Turning around, Cook retraced his route back to the coast to continue his voyage westward. This fine depiction of a woman from Prince William Sound, was engraved by Robert Benard, from a portrait sketch made by John Webber, who accompanied Cook on his 3rd voyage, as official artist & draughtsman. 

PNW283 - S. A. MITCHELL “County & Township Map of Oregon & Washington.” Phila. 1880-81. Colored. 20X14½. Handsome double page map shows all principal harbors & towns & outlying settlements. Roads, rivers, mountains, lakes, & Indian Reservations. Includes the Straits of Juan de Fuca & Vancouver Island in the northwest. The Snake River in the east. Shows Mount Rainier & Mount Adams. Depicts many creeks & springs. A colorful map with great detail published in Mitchell's “ New General Atlas Containing Maps of the World, Plans of Cities Etc.” 1880-81.

PNW284 - S. A. MITCHELL “Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Part of Montana.” Phila. 1870. Colored.10¼X13½ .Colorful map of the 4 Western States shows the coast from British Columbia and Vancouver island and Port Effingham down to Oregon's border with California at Pt. St. George. The coastal regions appear heavily populated whereas the inland regions are still largely unpopulated except for primary towns. Depicts mountain ranges and volcanoes, rivers, lakes and Indian Territories, forts and missions all in fine detail. This is an excellent map from Samuel Augustus Mitchell's “New General Atlas.”

PNW285 - JOHNSON & WARD “Johnson's Washington, Oregon & Idaho.” New York. 1863-64. Colored. 13X15½. This excellent map shows counties in different colors & all major cities, towns & settlements & harbors along the coast from northern California to the Straits of Juan De Fuca & Vancouver Island in Canada. Depicts rivers & rapids, mountain ranges, valleys, forts, mines, Lewis & Clark's Pass, Gov. Steven's Route & lines of proposed railroads. The Idaho Territory was founded in 1863 & included present day Montana & Wyoming, except for the southwest part. The map was published in “Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas.” in New York in 1863-64. A fine map of the West in the late 19th century.

PNW286 - R. H. STRETCH “Newport Coal Mine. Coos Bay, Oregon.” c. 1866. B/W. 16X28. This excellent survey of the Coal Mine shows 1.) Enlarged Plan of Newport Coal Property, 2.) Map of Coos Bay Shewing Situation of Newport Coal Property, 3.) Section of Coal Field, 4.) Horizontal Section of Mine & Plan of Improvements. Includes shipping points, railway to deep water & depicts an engraved view of a house on the property. Coos County, Oregon is located at 43°20'N & was founded in 1853. The survey was drawn by R. H. Stretch in 1866.

PNW288 - GLEASON'S PICTORIAL “View of the Town of St. Helen's, Oregon Territory.” Boston. 1852. Colored. 6½X10. Attractive mid 19th century view of the harbor of St. Helen's on the coast of Oregon. A paddle-wheel steamer is depicted in the harbor along with a small coastal sailing skiff while a large ship in full sail heads out to sea. The view includes buildings along the shore with a house in the foreground and people depicted involved in their daily activities around the town. From Gleason's Pictorial 1852.

PNW290 - WAR DEPT. “Explorations and Surveys For a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Routes near the 17th & 19th Parallels. Milk River to the Crossing of the Columbia River. From Explorations & Surveys Made Under the Direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis. Secretary of War. By Isaac Stevens. Gov. of Washington Territory.” Wash. D.C. 1853-1855. B/W.24X60. This large horizontal survey shows both topographical & geological details with routes and names of surveyors, trading posts, rivers, lakes & mountains. Includes Lewis & Clark's Forks, missions and forts, roads & proposed tracks for the proposed railroad. This is a rare & splendid chart, intensely detailed & in good conditon with the exception of one area of light staining not affecting image

PNW291 - J. BIEN “Topographical Map of California, Nevada, Oregon & Part of Idaho. Prepared from Field Surveys & Other Reliable Data Under the Direction of Bvt. Lt-Col. R. S. Williamson. Corps of Engineers. 1867.” NY. 1891. Colored. 16½X27½. Fine map drawn in 2 sections shows the Coast of Oregon, in Section 1, from Astoria & Cape Disappointment down to Port Orford & Cape Blanco, where it joins the Coast of California at Crescent City & runs south to Mendocino & the Lighthouse. Section 2 shows the California coast from Point Arena to Bodega Head, Drake's Bay, San Francisco, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, Pt. Pinos with lighthouse, down to the Santa Barbara Channel, Los Angeles, San Diego & Mt. San Miguel. The map shows well drawn topographical details of rivers, lakes, mountain ranges, forts, & all cities, towns & harbors. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a foremost lithographer, for inclusion in the “Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865.”. Drawn by W. B. Hyde. An excellent map.

PNW293 - JOHN MEARES “Carte De la Cote N.O D'Amerique Et De La Cote N.E.D'Asie reconnue en 1778 et 79 Par Le Capt. Cook, Et Plus Particulierment Encore En 1788 et 1789 Par Le Capt. J. Meares.” Paris 1794. Colored. 16½X24. This fine chart shows the route of Captain John Meare's ship the “Iphigenia” in 1788 & 1789 from the Far East to America's Pacific Northwest Coast & Alaska, following Capt James Cook's tracks on his earlier voyage in 1778-1779. the chart shows Alaska's coast from the Aleutian islands to the entrance to Cook's River & Prince William Sound over to Mt. St. Elias & down the coast to Queen Charlotte's Islands & finally to Nootka located on Isles de Princesse Royale, later named Vancouver Island. Includes the Sea of Kamschatka & the Bering Strait still Russian Territory. From “John Meares Voyages Made in the Years 1788 & 1789 from China to the Northwest Coast of America with an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage Performed in 1786 from Bengal in the ship “Nootka”. 1st published in London. 1790. French edition in 1794.

PNW294 - JOHN MEARES “Carte De La Mer Pacifiique du Nord. Contenant La Cote Nord-Est D'Asie Et La Cote Nord-Ouest D'Amerique Reconnues en 1778 en 1779 Par Le Capt Cook, Et Plus Particulierement Encore En 1788 et 89 Par Le Capt. Jean Meares.” Paris. 1794. Colored. 17X22½. This intensely detailed chart was drawn to show the routes taken by John Meares in his ships the “Iphigenia” & the “Felice” from India & the East Indies islands to China, Japan & Russian Kamschatka & America's Pacific Northwest. Depicts the Bering Strait & southern Alaska with the entrance to Cook's River & Prince William Sound & America's Pacific coast down to Nootka & the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Shows California's coast with the Port De Sir Francis Drake (San Francisco.) down to the Baja Peninsula. The ship's tracks are finely drawn & cover the North Pacific Ocean down to the Sandwich Islands & Owyhee (Hawaii) where Capt. Cook wintered on his earlier voyage in 1778-1779 & Meares stopped in on his way to China in 1788. From “John Meares Voyages Made in the Years 1788 & 1789 from China to the Northwest Coast of America with an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage Performed in 1786 from Bengal in the ship “Nootka” 1st published in London.1790. French Edition 1794.

PNW295 - J. MEARES “Pays De La Nouvelle Albion, Situe Par 45 Degres De Latitude Nord, Le Cap Look Out Et Les Trois Freres Courent Sud Sud Est a Huit Lieues De Distance.” Paris. 1794. B/W. 8½X12½. This fine View shows one of John Meares' ships cruising off the coast of Cape Look Out on the coast of Oregon at 45° North Latitude with the mountains known as the Three Brothers seen at a distance of 8 miles to the South/Southeast of Cape Lookout. This is a fine copperplate engraving of a coastal view sketched by John Meares during his 2nd. voyage to the Pacific Northwest in 1788.

PNW296 - J. MEARES “Le Vaisseau La Cote Nord-Ouest D'Amerique Vu Au Moment Ou Il Fut Lance En Mer a L'Entree de Nootka.” Paris. 1794. B/W/ 8X9½. After John Meares arrived back at Nootka on America's Pacific Northwest coast, for the second time in 1788, he built a schooner & named it the “Northwest America.” In this finely engraved View, we see the ship flying the British ensign being launched at the entrance to Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. Meares' ships the “Felice” & the “Iphigenia” are anchored offshore firing their cannons in salute to the newly constructed vessel being launched. The local natives are watching from boats while others are sitting on the shore. High cliffs rise above the harbor with thick forests below. This is a copperplate engraving drawn from sketches brought back to England by John Meares at the end of his voyages in 1789.

PNW297 - J. MEARES “Entree Des Detroits De Jean De Fuca.” Paris. 1794. B/W. 10X18. During John Meares 2nd journey to Nootka & the Pacific Northwest in 1788 in search of furs, he sailed southward along the coast to the entrance of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Intending to explore the Straits, he sent his 1st. Office, Mr. Duffin in a longboat with a crew, to explore the region before sailing in with his larger vessels. However, no sooner had the longboat entered the Straits than it filled up with canoes manned by heavily armed natives with spears & bows & arrows, who attempted to board the boat & assault the crew. Fortunately the crew was armed, shots were fired, a native was killed & the rest jumped overboard while others paddled their canoes back to shore. This fine View of the scene at Juan De Fuca with the longboat and the native canoes was sketched by John Meares 1st Officer & engraved in London after John Meares returned to England in 1789 at the end of his voyages. A fine copperplate engraving.

PNW298 - J. W. TRUTCH “Map of British Columbia. 1874.” Boston. 1875. B/W. 15X20½. Fine map shows both hydrographical & topographical details & along the coast depicts Vancouver Island with Quatsino Sound, Kyuquot & Clayoquots Sounds with Noota & the Juan de Fuca Strait & the City of Victoria. Further up the coast is the Dixon Entrance & Queen Charlotte's Island, while inland the map shows mountain ranges, forests, rivers & small towns & settlements. Includes a section of Washington State & the 49th parallel. The map was compiled & drawn at the Lands & Works Office. Victoria. B.C. under the direction of the Hon. J. W. Trutch F.R.G.S. & published by Henry Walling (1825-1888) in his “Atlas of the Dominion of Canada” in Boston. 1875. An excellent map.

PNW300 - U. S. Hydrographic Office-“British Columbia Vancouver Island. Approaches to Victoria and Esquimalt Harbors.” Wash D.C. 1928 (Corrected in 1943). From Canadian Surveys between 1918 and 1923. Includes detail soundings in fathoms, large Street block plan of Victoria with detailed shoreline topography and wharves. Locates Chatham Island, Discovery Island, Royal Roads and Race Rocks. Strait of Juan De Fuca in lower left of chart. 28"x39" #5370.

PNW301 - U.S. Hydrographic Office- “Canada-British Columbia. Waters between Vancouver Island and The Mainland. Johnstone Strait-Race Passage to Discovery Passage.” Wash. D.C. From British Surveys in 1863 and 1900. Depth soundings in fathoms. Includes Harwicke Island, Chancellor Channel, Thurlow Island, Sonora Island and Cordero Island. The Halifax Range (Vancouver Island) and Prince of Wales. 27"x41" #2168. 

PNW302 - U.S. Hydrographic Office-“Canada-British Columbia-East Coast of Vancouver Island. Discovery Island to Moseby Passage Including Saanich Inlet.” Wash. D.C. 1938 (Corrected in 1942-1948). From Canadian Surveys between 1932-1934 and British Surveys between 1905-1908. Includes Saltspring Island, Satelitte Channel, North Penderls and Vancouver Island. Very detailed soundings in fathoms and shoreline topography. 47"x30" #5629. 

PNW303 - U.S. Hydrographic Office-“Canada-British Columbia. Waters between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. From Thurlow Island to Queen Charlotte Strait including the neighboring straits and inlets.” Wash. D.C. 1895 (Corrected 1930-1945). From British Surveys in 1860 and1865. Includes intense details showing islands, coves and soundings, inlets and channels. Topographic and hydrographic details included. 27½"x36" #1453.

PNW305 - U.S. Hydrographic Office - “North America . Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver Island. Victoria Harbor.” Wash. D.C. (Corrected in 1943). From Canadian Survey in 1918. Intense details with soundings in feet. Large street block plans, Points, Wharves, Piers and Breakwaters. Upper Harbor region, Selkirk Water. 31"x25" #5364.

PNW306 - U.S. Hydrographic Office - “North America. Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver Island. Moresby Passage to Gabriola Pass. Southern Sheet.” Wash. D.C. 1912 (Corrected in 1943). From original British Surveys between 1858 and 1908. Locates Trin Comali Channell, Stuart Channel, Saltspring Island, Prevost Island, Galiano Island Mayne Island, Saturna Island, North and South Pender Islands. Depth soundings in fathoms. 29"x39" #2570.

PNW307 - U.S. Hydrographic Office - “North America. Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver Island. Moresby Passage to Gabriola Pass. Northern Sheet.” Wash. D.C. 1930 (Corrected in 1943). Includes Vancouver Island, Stuart Channel, Saltspring Island, Thetis Island, Kuper Island, Valdez Island, Gabriel Island and Pass and the Trincomali Channel. 38"x28" #2569.

PNW308 - J. MEARES “Untitled. 3 Landfall Approach Views of the Pacific Northwest Coast.” Paris. 1794. B/W. 7X12. The 3 views depict 1.) The rocky coast at 49°3" N. Lat. near Vancouver Island, 2.) Port Effingham, & 3.) Entrance to Nootka on Vancouver Island. John Meares (1746-1801) was a Royal Navy Captain who became a fur-trader in the Pacific Northwest territory, trading between Nootka & China in the years 1786-1789. This chart is from the French Edition of “Meares Voyages” published in Paris in 1794, and included maps based on sketches brought back to London by Meares in 1789.

PNW309 - J. MEARES “Untitled. 6 Landfall Approach Views of the Cook's River Vicinity in Alaska.” Paris. 1794. B/W. 9X12. The first 3 views depict the shoreline in Cook's River & in the Baye de Controleurs. The 4th View depicts the shoreline near Cape Douglas at the entrance to Cook's River. The 5th View is a continuation of the shoreline seen near Cape Douglas & the 6th View is of the Isle of Kay & Rocher a Clocher. John Meares (1746-1801) was a Royal Navy Captain who became a fur trader in the Pacific Northwest Territory, trading between Nootka & China in the years 1786-1789. This chart is from the French Edition of “Meares Voyages” published in Paris in 1794, & included maps based on sketches brought back to London by Meares in 1789.

PNW310 - R. BONNE “Carte de la Riviere de Cook Dans La Partie N. O. De L'Amerique. Par M. Bonne Ingenieur Hydrographe De La Marine.” Paris 1783. Colored. 9¼X13½. Fine chart engraved from a sketch drawn by one of the draughtsmen accompanying Capt. James Cook on his third voyage of discovery to the Pacific & the Pacific Northwest between 1776-1780. Chart depicts the tracks of Cook's ships the “Resolution” & the “Discovery” traversing the Alaskan coast in 1778 & entering Prince William Sound where they stayed briefly while the ships were being repaired and recaulked. Leaving the area they found an inlet which they thought might be an entrance to a northwest passage, but after exploring it's length it ended in snow-capped moutains where present day Anchorage is located & the ships turned back. Cook named it at first Cape Turn Again and then changed it to Cook's River. Before sailing southwest again they took detailed soundings & pursued a course around the Aleutian Islands. The chart includes an inset in lower right titled “Plan du Havre de Samganoodha dans L. Isle de Oonalaska.” Depicts soundings in the harbor taken by Cook as he sailed around the Aleutians. This fine chart has a decorative compass rose in sea area, and was engraved by the French master engraver Gaspard Andre, under the direction of Rigobert Bonne (1729-1795), the Head of the Depot de la Marine in Paris and Royal Hydrogapher to the King. Very good condition.

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