Chart of the Society Isles discovered by Captn. Cook, 1769 [map].

Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms, no. 16 Paternoster Row, [1784]
Description
  • (W 152°19ʹ00ʺ--W 150°45ʹ00ʺ/S 16°12ʹ00ʺ--S 16°55ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 22 x 34 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown by hachures and soundings.
  • Map shows the Leeward Islands situated in the western portion of the Society Islands, located northwest of Tahiti, and features Maurua [i.e. Maupiti], Tubai [i.e. Tupei], Bolabola [i.e. Bora Bora], Ulietea [i.e. Raiatea], and Huaheine based on James Cook's surveys of his first voyage of the Pacific in July 1769.
  • Published in: A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages around the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority ... / by G. W. Anderson. Bound between p. 515 and 516.
OCLC
1365099853
International Standard Recording Code
  • HM2009-18
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