A chart of the islands discovered in the neighborhood of Otaheite in the course of several voyages round the world made by the Capns. Byron, Wallis, Carteret & Cook in the years 1765, 1767, 1769 [cartographic material] / Whitchurch, sculp
- Bib ID:
- 3535646
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Whitchurch, William
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:4,400,000]
- Description:
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- [London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773]
- 1 map ; 22.3 x 50 cm.
- Notes:
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- This chart shows the Society Islands particularly the neighborhood of Wallis' King Georges Island or Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti], extending out to the Scilly Islands in the west and to the Whitsunday Island in the east, from Disappointment Island in the north to Ohetiroa in the south. The map features the undated sea-tracks of the voyages of four well-known Pacific explorers - Commodre Byron in the Dolphin accompanied by Captain Philip Mouat in the Tamar (June 1765), British explorers Samuel Wallis and Philip Cateret (1767-68), Lieutenant James Cook (April 1769).
- Imprint on map: Islington [Eng.] : Whitchurch, Pleasant Row, 1773.
- Plate opposite p. 249 from: 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. Vol. 2. London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231272088
- Cited In:
- Collection Associates. David Rumsey map collection. List no. 3403.033 [cited 1 Aug. 2005]. Available from the Internet: http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps870050-24005.html
- Subject:
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- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Byron, John, 1723-1786 -- Travel -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Carteret, Philip, -1796 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Society Islands (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Tahiti Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1769
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1802
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1773
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