Southern Alaska

Imperial Russian Hydrographic Map of the North Pacific and Alaska

This 1847 imperial maritime chart, published by the Russian Hydrographic Department, details the vast northern geography of the Eastern Ocean and North American coastlines. Styled with traditional Cyrillic typography, the document provides early nineteenth-century navigational data covering the continuous expanses from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the territorial waters of Russian America before the 1867 land transfer.

Cartographic Survey with Detailed Regional Insets

The historical map incorporates extensive hydrographic depth soundings along complex shorelines and features four meticulous navigation insets positioned in the upper margins. These specialized close-ups highlight critical safe anchorages, strategic islands, and regional trading passages across the challenging environments of the Bering Sea and the rugged Aleutian Islands chain.