. English: A chart of the southern hemisphere; shewing the tracks of some of the most distinguished navigators: by Captain James Cook, of His Majesty's sheet, engraving. Polar projection. The chart shows the tracks of Mendana in 1595, Quiros in 1606, Le Maire & Schouten in 1616, Tasman in 1642, Halley in 1700, Roggewein in 1722, Bouvet in 1738-39, Byron in 1765, Wallis in 1767, Bougainville in 1768, Surville in 1769, and Cook's first and second voyages. Tables in the corners contain the latitudes and longitudes of the islands lately discovered in the South Pacific Ocean, as they a
. English: A chart of the southern hemisphere; shewing the tracks of some of the most distinguished navigators: by Captain James Cook, of His Majesty's sheet, engraving. Polar projection. The chart shows the tracks of Mendana in 1595, Quiros in 1606, Le Maire & Schouten in 1616, Tasman in 1642, Halley in 1700, Roggewein in 1722, Bouvet in 1738-39, Byron in 1765, Wallis in 1767, Bougainville in 1768, Surville in 1769, and Cook's first and second voyages. Tables in the corners contain the latitudes and longitudes of the islands lately discovered in the South Pacific Ocean, as they are laid down in this chart. Chart to show Cook's track and discoveries, plate 1 from the 2nd vol of his A Voyage Towards the South Pole. G201:3/1 (2) Southern Hemisphere by Cook . 1777. Captain James Cook; William Strahan and Thomas Cadell; William Whitchurch 35 A chart of the southern hemisphere; shewing the tracks of some of the most distinguished navigators- by Captain James Cook, of His Majesty's navy. RMG F1972
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