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C1773
A chart and views of Pitcairns Island, latitude 25.̊02. S, long. 133.̊30 W.
Mapmaker:
First edition of the first printed chart of Pitcairn Island, by Captain Philip Carteret. Carteret rediscovered the island on 3 July 1767, and named it after fifteen-year-old Robert Pitcairn, son of John Pitcairn, who was the crew member who first … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A chart and views of Pitcairns Island, latitude 25.̊02. S, long. 133.̊30 W.
Date:
C1773
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
255mm
x 185mm
Paper Size:
295mm
x 285mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1773
Description:
First edition of the first printed chart of Pitcairn Island, by Captain Philip Carteret.
Carteret rediscovered the island on 3 July 1767, and named it after fifteen-year-old Robert Pitcairn, son of John Pitcairn, who was the crew member who first spotted the island. The Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, working in the employ of Spain, had been the first European to discover the island in January 1606. Carteret, who sailed without the newly-invented marine chronometer, charted the island at 25°02′S 133°21′W, and although the latitude was reasonably accurate, his recorded longitude was incorrect by about 3° (330 km west of the island.
From Hawkesworth’s An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.
References:
Suarez, T. Early Mapping of the Pacific. Singapore 2004 :: p.119, ill. fig. 116 p.122.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3539622
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: PAI3999
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3403.012
Suarez, T. Early Mapping of the Pacific. Singapore 2004 :: p.119, ill. fig. 116 p.122.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3539622
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: PAI3999
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3403.012
Philip Carteret (1733 - 1796)
British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69. Carteret entered the Navy in 1747, serving aboard the Salisbury, and then under Captain John Byron from 1751 to 1755. Between 1757 and 1758 he was in the Guernsey on the Mediterranean Station. As a lieutenant in the Dolphin he accompanied Byron during his voyage of circumnavigation, from June 1764 to May 1766. In 1766 he was made a commander and given the command of the Swallow to circumnavigate the world, as consort to the Dolphin under the command of Samuel Wallis. The two ships were parted shortly after sailing through the Strait of Magellan, Carteret discovering Pitcairn Island and the Carteret Islands, which were subsequently named after him. In 1767, he also discovered a new archipelago inside Saint George's Channel between New Ireland and New Britain Islands (Papua New Guinea) and named it Duke of York Islands, as well as rediscovered the Solomon Islands first sighted by the Mendana in 1568, and the Juan Fernandez Islands first discovered by Juan Fernandez in 1574. He arrived back in England, at Spithead, on 20 March 1769. He was promoted to post captain in 1771.
