Chart of southern hemisphere from French Cook
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Author: Cook, James
Title: Carte de l'Hemisphere Austral Montrant les Routes des Navigateurs les plus Celebres par le Capitaine Jacques Cook
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1775
Description:
Author: Cook, James
Title: Carte de l'Hemisphere Austral Montrant les Routes des Navigateurs les plus Celebres par le Capitaine Jacques Cook
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1775
Description:
Copper-engraved map. 53.4x53.4 cm (21x21"), neatly taped into matte.
French chart showing James Cook's voyage in the southern hemisphere, drawn in a circular polar-projection. Lists and tables outside the map provide details of discoveries and destinations in the southern hemisphere. The chart includes the routes of other explorers, among them Tasman, Dampier, Carteret, Byron, Bougainville, Furneaux and others. All of Australia (Nouvelle Hollande) is shown, with Tasmania attached to the mainland. There is good detail of the East Indies and the Celebes.
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Old folds, some faint offset, very good or better.
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Chart of southern hemisphere from French Cook
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