Chart of part of the South Sea, shewing the tracts & discoveries made by His Majestys ships Dolphin, Commodore Byron & Tamer, Capn. Mouat, 1765, Dolphin, Capn. Wallis, & Swallow, Capn. Carteret, 1767, and Endeavour, Lieutenant Cooke, 1769 [cartographic material] / engrav'd by W. Whitchurch, Pleasant Row Islington
- Bib ID:
- 3536581
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Whitchurch, W. (William)
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:33,000,000].
- Description:
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- [Islington : W. Whitchurch, 177-?]
- 1 map : col., mounted on linen ; 34 x 65.1 cm.
- Notes:
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- Map of South Pacific, and surrounding countries and continents, including New Holland [ie. Australia] and New Zeeland [ie. New Zealand] showing the time dated sea tracks of John Byron and Frederic J. Mouat in 1765, Samuel Wallis and Philip Carteret in 1767, and James Cook in 1769. At the time the map was produced, New Holland [ie. Australia] was connected to Van Diemens Land [ie. Tasmania], and it is heavily annotated with place names along the east coast of New Holland [ie. Australia].
- "Note, The shaded Lands are new Discoveries, except a part of the West side of New Zeeland, which was seen by Tasman in 1642. Those without shade, are copied from Charts".
- Prime meridian: Greenwich.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231279052
- Subject:
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- Byron, John, 1723-1786 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Mouat, Frederic J. (Frederic John), 1816-1897 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Carteret, Philip, -1796 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Oceania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1765-1769
- Also Titled:
- Chart of part of the South Sea, showing the tracks and discoveries made by His Majestys ships Dolphin, Commodore Byron and Tamer, Captain Mouat, 1765, Dolphin, Captain Wallis, and Swallow, Captain Carteret, 1767, and Endeavour, Lieutenant Cook, 1769
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1779
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1779
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