Historic Maps » Success Bay, Terra del Fuego. by Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779 from 1773

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Author: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779

Date: 1773

Short Title: Success Bay, Terra del Fuego.

Publisher: London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell

Type: Chart Map ; Book Map

Obj Height cm: 31

Obj Width cm: 37

Scale 1: Various

Note: Two engraved nautical charts. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially; depths by soundings. Scales [ca. 1:38,000] and [ca. 1:2,600,000]. Four coastal views at top of sheet: A view of part of the N.E. side of Terra del Fuego taken from the point A. in the chart -- A view of Strait Le Maire with part of Terra del Fuego and Staten Land taken from the point B. in the chart -- A view of part of the S.W. side of Terra del Fuego taken from the point C. in the chart -- A view of part of the coast of Terra del Fuego from Cape Horn to Isle Evouts, taken from the point D. in the chart.

Reference: David, A. The charts and coastal views of Captain Cook's voyages, 1.41A.

Country: Argentina ; Chile

Region: Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)

Full Title: A plan of Success Bay in Strait le Maire. A chart of the S.E. part of Terra del Fuego including Strait le Maire and part of Staten-land by Lieutenant J. Cook 1769. T. Bowen & J. Gibson sculp. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).

List No: 3403.020

Page No: v. 2 (facing p. 39)

Series No: 21

Engraver or Printer: Bowen, Thomas ; Gibson, John

Publication Author: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820; Byron, John, 1723-1786

Pub Date: 1773

Pub Title: An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.

Pub Reference: Mitchell, 648

Pub Note: See note field above.

Pub List No: 3403.000

Pub Type: Exploration Book

Pub Maps: 13

Pub Height cm: 28

Pub Width cm: 24

Image No: 3403020

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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