Historic Maps » New South Wales. 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: New South Wales.

Publisher: London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell

Type: Chart Map ; Book Map

Obj Height cm: 36

Obj Width cm: 79

Scale 1: 4,500,000

Note: Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially; soundings in fathoms. Oriented with north toward right.

Reference: David, A. The charts and coastal views of Captain Cook's voyages, 1.270A; Mitchell, 860; Tooley, R.V. The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, 2nd. ed., p. 235, no. 1.

Country: Australia

Region: New South Wales ; Queensland

Full Title: A chart of New South Wales, on the east coast of New-Holland. Discovered and explored by Lieutenant J: Cook, Commander of his Majesty's Bark Endeavour, in the year MDCCLXX. Engraved by W. Whitchurch, Bartholomew Lane, Royal Exchange. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).

List No: 3403.046

Page No: v. 3 (facing p. 481)

Series No: 47

Engraver or Printer: Whitchurch, William

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: 3403046

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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