Identifier: bwhisofnwcoast27bancroft (find matches)
Title: Bancroft's Works History of the Northwest Coast vol 1
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Subjects: history
Publisher: San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft and Company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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Japanese Map, 1761. With Mullers narrative of the Russian discoveriesThomas Jefferys, geographer to his British majestypublished in 1761, besides Do Hsles map which 1have already given, two general maps, in which a con
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Jefferys Map, 1768. 132 THE NORTHERN MYSTERY—CONCLUSION. tinuous coast is shown up to the far north, with indi-cations of Aguilars entrance, Fucas entrance, andthe pretended entrance of Fonte. One of the mapsshows a River of the West flowing from Lake Wini-pigon into the Pacific at Aguilars entrance, in 45°,while a possible river runs farther south to Pro deAnno nuevo; but in the other the great river iscalled St Charles, or Assiniboels, terminating at themountains of Bright Stones; while the southern riveris called River of the West, being doubtfully con-nected through Pikes lake and Mantons river withthe Missouri. The lower course of these streamsinto the Pacific is not shown except as on the othermap. The main coast above 50° is supposed to bethe Fou-Sang of the Chinese. A fourth map in thiswork is one that purports to be of Japanese origin,which I copy.51 In 1768 the same Jefferys published and furnishedmaps for another work, written perhaps by TheodoreSwaine Drage, and devote

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