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AL114 - J. E. SPURR “Geologic Reconnaissance map and Cross Sections of Southwestern Alaska by J. E. Spurr.” Wash. D.C. 1898. Printed color. 10¼X13½. Intensely detailed chart of western Alaska by the U. S. Geological Survey shows the nature of Alaska's geological base rock formations with a colored table depicting 11 different materials from Pleistocene and Neocene to Volcanic rocks and Intrusive rocks (granite). Early Tertiary. Colors on the Legend correspond to colors on the chart. A vertical drawing on left side of chart shows a section “On Line” from the Sushitna River to the Tordrillo Mountains down to the Yukon River and Stuart island. Along the coast the chart shows Norton Sound with a U. S. Military Base, to the Stolin Strait and thence over to Cook's River. A fine Survey. 

AL115 - C. S. HAMMOND “Alaska” N.Y. 1936. Printed color 10½X15. Fine map of Alaska shows it's boundary with the Yukon and Judicial Division Boundaries, towns, settlements, lakes rivers and mountains. Locates Wireless Telegraph Stations, Kotzebue and Norton Sounds, Kodiak Island, Anchorage and the entrance to Cook's River. Includes the Aleutian Islands, the Arctic Coast and the Bering Strait. Also the Pacific Northwest coast from Juneau south to the Dixon Entrance. A fine map with excellent detail. From C. S. Hammond's “New World Atlas.”

AL117 - GEORGE DIXON “Sketch by Compass of Port Banks.1787.” London. 1788. Colored. 15¼X11. George Dixon (c.1755-1800) was a navigator in the Royal Navy who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. On his return to England he was made a Captain before setting off again on a commercial voyage to America's Pacific Northwest coast in the ship “Queen Charlotte” to explore the coast of British Columbia for the fur trade and for exploration. During the voyage he discovered and charted Queen Charlotte's Island, Port Mulgrave, Norfolk Bay & Dixon's Archipelago. This chart of Port Banks, which he named for Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) President of the Royal Society in London and who had accompanied Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific (1768-1771, is located in Sitka Sound. and depicts coastal contours, Sea Otter Point, anchorages and Point Lauder with a few depth soundings. The chart was published in “A Voyage Round the World” for John Stockdale and engraved by J. Reid, a well known London engraver. When his sea duty ended, George Dixon retired to Gosport, near Portsmouth in England, where he became a teacher of navigation and was the author of “The Navigator's Assistant” published in 1791. (Ref. The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Edited by Peter Kemp.)

AL121 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Alaska. South Coast. Prince William Sound.” Wash. D.C. 1935 (1943). 44X34. Grey/yellow color. Depicts Port Wells, Valdez Area. Montague Island, Hinchinbrook Island, Channel and Passages. Hawkins Is. Orca Bay, Bainbridge island. Includes depth soundings, courses & navigational notes. Includes both hydrographic and topographic details. Chart was used aboard the Escort Carrier “Mission Bay” in World War II. Chart #8551.(Folds but clean condition.)

AL122 - U. S. GOVERNMENT “Sketch Map of Alaska to Accompany Annual Report of the Governor of Alaska. 1897.” Wash. D.C. 1897. Colored outlines. 14¼X22. This finely detailed lithograph of Alaska was drawn from a sketch published by Norris Peters in Washington, D.C. The map shows the extent of Alaska bordered by Canada's British Provinces to the East and the Behring Strait dividing it from Russian Siberia in the West. Includes primary harbors and settlements, rivers and Forts in the Yukon and depicts the Aleutian Islands in detail along with the Pribolof Islands of St. George and St. Paul in the Behring Sea which were at one time the site of Russian factories. This is an excellent sketch map of Alaska as it appeared at the end of the 19th century.

AL123 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Passages to Fort Tomgas,” “I'-Youk-een Cove,” and “Lindenberg Harbor.” Alaska. Wash. D.C. 1869. B/W.11½X9. From Sketches by G. Davidson, Asst. U.S. Coast Survey. Three sketches on one sheet cover the regions of Nakat Bay, Chatham Strait and Peril Strait. Includes navigational notes, depth soundings and some topographical details pertaining to shoreline contours. A fine chart drawn by H. Lindenkohl. 

AL124 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Sanborn Harbor. Nagai Island” Alaska. Wash. D.C. 1872. B/W. 11¼X9¼. The chart shows depth soundings & both topographical and hydrographical details and includes a note saying “Sanborn Harbor is a secure anchorage in all winds. There are no hidden dangers. Driftwood and good water are easily obtained and abundance of salmon and trout in season.” This excellent chart was drawn by H. Lindenkohl. 

AL125 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Sketch of Anchorage. Chiachi Islands.” Alaska. Wash. D.C. 1875. B/W. 9½X13½. Chart shows Shapka Island & Pinusuk Island with depth soundings, and an astronomical station. Includes some topographical details around island contours and a note that says “wood (alders) and water may be easily obtained here.” Drawn by H. Lindenkohl, the chart was taken from a survey by Acting Asst. W. H. Dall and Party for the U.S. Coast Survey 1874.

AL127 - U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY “Map of Western End of Seward Peninsula Showing the York Mountains and Typical Shore Topography of Northern Alaska.” Wash. D.C. 1904. Colored. 9½X10. Map shows Lopp Lagoon, Cape Prince of Wales, York Plateau, York Mountains, York and Cape York. Depicts Tin City, Kingegan Mission, & the Potato & Brooks Mountains. The map includes a mileage scale & the topography was drawn by T. G. Gerdine & Alfred H. Brooks. in 1901. An excellent geological survey.

AL129 - RAND MCNALLY “Alaska” Chicago. c. 1910. Colored. 19X25. This is a splendid map of Alaska showing it's eastern border with the Dominion of Canada, and it's western coast on the Bering Strait. It depicts all the Judicial Divisions with an inset at base of map of the Aleutian Islands noted as the 3rd Judicial Division. The map shows roads, rivers, mountain ranges, railways and bays and harbors around the coast, & down the left side is a listing of principal cities and towns giving their population figures. A fine and colorful map.

AL130 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Alaska and Adjoining Territory." Wash. D.C. 1869. Colored. 24X34. Large handsome chart of Alaska that includes the Yukon Territory and part of America's Pacific Northwest coast, depicts the Aleutian Islands, Kadiak Island, Cook's River, Prince William Sound, Mt. St. Elias, the Rocky Mountains, and the Bering Strait and Russia's Eastern Siberia Territory. An inset in top right shows the Aleutian Islands in fine detail, and depth soundings are indicated through the Bering Strait to the Arctic Ocean. As this chart was drawn & prepared for navigators sailing to and around Alaska's coastal regions, it is finely detailed and locates bays and inlets, rivers and harbors, points, capes and offshore islands. The U. S. Coast Survey charts were noted for their excellence in the 19th century and this is one of their finest.

AL131 - RAND McNALLY “Alaska.” Chicago 1905. Colored. 10X12. Finely detailed map depicts the primary harbors around Alaska's coastline including the Aleutian Islands. The map shows volcanoes and mountain ranges including the Rocky Mountains and the Mackenzie River, and in top right is an inset chart of the Bering Sea with it's islands below the Bering Strait. At the base of the chart ia a table listing population figures, districts, chief cities & the Klondike Region. A very nice map. 

AL132 - GASKELL FAMILY “Alaska” Chicago. 1886. Colored. 9½X12½. A well drawn map of Alaska in the late 19th century, shows all major towns & harbors, & the border between Alaska and the Northwest Territory & the Mackenzie River. The map depicts the Aleutian Islands, Cook's River, Prince William Sound and Port Valdez. Includes the Bering Strait and the Arctic Ocean. The map was published in “Gaskell's Atlas of the World” in 1886. A very good and colorful map.

AL133 - DEPT. OF COMMERCE “Outline Map of Alaska.” Wash. D.C. 1925. Colored. 33½X43½. This fine large survey shows the condition of surveys by the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1925. It depicts the area from the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean & south to the Gulf of Alaska & the North Pacific Ocean, & includes the Aleutian Islands. Locates the Kuskokwim River, Kodiak, Seward, Anchorage, Valdez & Cordova & depicts the Yukon River, Fairbanks & Nenana in the inland regions. Includes 2 inset charts 1.) Southeast Alaska from Whitehorse down to Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchican & Prince Rupert, & 2.) The Aleutian Islands with Attui & Kiska Islands. This is a splendid chart from the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.

AL134 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Progress Map. Southeast Alaska. 1925.” Wash. D.C. 1925. Colored. 31¼31¼. This colorful survey shows Alaska's coast from Malaspina Glacier to Yakutat Bay to Cape Fairweather, Cross Sound, Sitka, to Chichegot Island to Chatham Strait & Federica Sound, to Prince of Wales Island & Dixon Entrance. Depicts Mount St. Elias, Mount Vancouver, Mount Cook & Mount Aylesworth with lines of survey connecting all the mountains that form the backbone of Alaska's southeast coastal region. Colors on the map indicate areas surveyed, others partly surveyed & changeable areas surveyed & requiring future surveys. This handsome survey was published for the Annual Report of the Director of the Coast & Geodetic Survey in 1925.

The Japanese Occupation of the Aleutian Islands in WWII lasted from June 3, 1942 to October 1943. In early June of 1942 the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto directed a Carrier raid on Dutch Island, Unalaska, the only American Naval & Seaplane Base in the Aleutians & at the same time had his forces take 3 virtually unoccupied islands - Kiska, Attu & Adak with 1800 troops. After intermittent, but continuous air & sea bombardments by the American forces against the islands of Kiska, Attu & Adak, the Japanese were finally cleared out of the Aleutians by October of 1943. The following charts represent the areas involved in the Japanese/American operations in the Aleutian Islands in WWII.

AL135 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Siberia & Alaska. Bering Sea & Strait.” Wash. D.C. 1917 (updates to 1943/45) B/W. 34½X32½. Very handsome chart of Alaska's Western Coast with the Aleutian Islands Chain, the Bering Strait & Russian Kamtchatka. Depicts the Aleutian Islands of Attu in the Near Islands, Kiska in the Rat Islands, Adak & the Andreanov Islands & Unalaska in the Fox Islands with Dutch Harbor. Chart is intensely detailed with thousands of depth soundings, courses, navigational notes on tides, buoys & beacons. Chart #0068. (Folds but good clean condition.)

AL136 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Alaska. Unalaska Island. Dutch Harbor.” Wash. D.C. 1943 (1944). Grey/yellow color. 33½X27½. Excellent chart of Dutch Harbor & Amakanak Island in Unalaska the only American Naval & Seaplane base in the Aleutians in WWII. Depicts buildings along the shore with detailed shoreline topography. Locates Mts Newhall & Coxcomb & shows hundreds of depth soundings in the Harbor & it's vicinity & indicates courses for navigators approaching the area. Chart #9008 (Folds but good clean condition.)

AL137 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Alaska. South Coast. Cook Inlet. Knik Arm. Fire Island to Goose Creek.” Wash. D.C. 1944. Grey/blue/yellow color. 32½X32½. Excellent block plan of the City of Anchorage, Depicts Cook's River with detailed shoreline topography. Includes both topographical & hydrographical details with bays, inlets, & passes & includes thousands of depth soundings with courses & includes navigational notes on tides, bottoms, buoys & beacons. Chart #8557 (Folds but good clean condition.)

AL138 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Alaska. Aleutian Islands. Kiska Island & Kiska Harbor” Wash. D.C. 1944. Grey/blue/yellow color. 33X47. Very fine large chart of Kiska & Little Kiska Islands & their harbors. . Depicts shoreline topography with bays, inlets & passes & includes hundreds of depth soundings plus detailed courses & navigational notes. Chart #9124. (Folds but good clean condition.)

AL139 - U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “Preliminary Chart. Alalska-Aleutian Islands. Kiska Island.” Wash. D.C. 1944. Grey/blue/yellow color. 23X46. Fine large chart shows all of Kiska Island & depicts Vega Bay with topographical & hydrographical details. Locates Sea Lion Pass, Krysi Pass, Segula Island & Pass, McArthur Reef & Pass, and Rat Island. Includes thousands of depth soundings & depicts courses, buoys & beacons & navigational notes on tides, lights & abbreviations. Chart #9180. (Folds but good clean condition.)

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