Queen Charlotte's Islands. / Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796 / 1773

Queen Charlotte's Islands. Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796, 1773

Queen Charlotte's Islands. / Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796 / 1773

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Full Title: Queen Charlotte's Islands. Bayly sculpt. Jany. 1st, 1773. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).

Author: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796

Date: 1773

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Author: Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Carteret, Philip, d. 1796

Date: 1773

Short Title: Queen Charlotte's Islands.

Publisher: London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell

Type: Chart Map ; Book Map

Object Height cm: 23

Object Width cm: 38

Scale 1: 740,000

Note: Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset map of Carteret's, Simson's and Gower's islands. Shows the Swallow's track.

Country: Solomon Islands

Full Title: Queen Charlotte's Islands. Bayly sculpt. Jany. 1st, 1773. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).

List No: 3403.013

Page No: v. 1 (facing p. 568)

Series No: 14

Engraver or Printer: Bayly, John Abraham, fl. 1755-1794

Published In: 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.

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

Publication Date: 1773

Publication Reference: Mitchell, 648

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 3403.000

Publication Type: Exploration Book

Publication Maps: 13

Publication Height cm: 28

Publication Width cm: 24

Image No: 3403013

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