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Scarce c.18th map by Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723-1786) from the English edition of Hawkesworth of Hawkins’s Maidenland, discovered by Sr. Richard Hawkins in 1574 and Falkland Sound, so called by Captn. John Strong of the Farewell … Read Full Description
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Scarce c.18th map by Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723-1786) from the English edition of Hawkesworth of Hawkins’s Maidenland, discovered by Sr. Richard Hawkins in 1574 and Falkland Sound, so called by Captn. John Strong of the Farewell from London who sailed through it in 1689.
From Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq
Hawkesworth’s accounts include the accounts of the voyages of Byron, Catarect, Cook and Wallis.
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Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970 650.
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National Library Australia: Bib ID 861232
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 910.41 H31V
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS Q77/16
State Library South Australia: 990T
Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723 - 1786)
Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723-1786) was a Royal Navy officer, nicknamed Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. He sailed with George Anson as a midshipman, on his voyage around the world and circumnavigated the world commodore with his own squadron in 1764-1766. He rose to Vice Admiral of the White before his death in 1786.
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