Three views of the Admiralty Isles [cartographic material] / Walker, sc
- Bib ID:
- 3537545
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Walker, John, 1759-1830
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- No scale given.
- Description:
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- [London : Alexr. Hogg, 1784-86]
- 3 views on 1 sheet ; 20 x 33 cm.
- Full contents:
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- Views: No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3.
- Inset coastal profiles: Two islands seen 24th September 1767
- Seen the 26 of September 1767, Joseph Freewills Islands
- An island seen from the mast head & this view taken there September 29th 1767, S. 50 ̊W.
- An island seen from the mast head & this view taken October 12th 1767. Current Island, N.E. 1/2 E.
- Seen only from the mast head where this view was taken October 15, 1767. St. Andrews Islands
- Three islands seen from our anchoring place in the Bay at the south end of Mindanao.
- Notes:
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- Coastal views of the Admiralty Island sighted by James Cook in September to October 1767 on his first voyage of the Pacific. Relief is shown pictorially.
- Imprint on map: London : Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms, No. 16 Paternoster Row.
- Map opposite p. 287 from: A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority : containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making new discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c., &c., &c. : to which will be added, complete and genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. / ... under the direction of G.W. Anderson. London : Alexr. Hogg, [1784-86].
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231274369
- Subject:
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- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Papua New Guinea -- Bismarck Archipelago -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1767
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- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1830
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1786
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