C1773

A Chart of Hawkins’s Maidenland, D…

Mapmaker:

Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723 - 1786)

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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Full Title:

A Chart of Hawkins’s Maidenland, Discovered by Sr. Richard Hawkins in 1574 and Falklands Sound, so called by Capn. John Strong of the Farewell from London who Sailed through it in 1689.

Date:

C1773

Mapmaker:

Vice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (1723 - 1786)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving, uncoloured as issued.

Image Size:

295mm

x 220mm

Paper Size:

408mm

x 287mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1773

Description:

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.

References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970 650.

Collections:
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

Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3403.005
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: PAI3996

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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