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C1790
A chart of the Northern Pacific Ocean containing the NE coast of Asia and NW coast of America explored in 1778 and 1779 by Captain Cook and farther explored in 1788 and 1789 by John Meares.
Rare map of the Pacific recording the tracks of John Meares in the ships Iphigenia and Felice 1788-89 who were at the centre of the Nootka Crisis during the summer of 1789. His vessels were seized at Nootka Sound by the Spaniards, who … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A chart of the Northern Pacific Ocean containing the NE coast of Asia and NW coast of America explored in 1778 and 1779 by Captain Cook and farther explored in 1788 and 1789 by John Meares.
Date:
C1790
Mapmaker:
Unknown
Condition:
Expertly repaired splits at sheets edges of folds, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
580mm
x 430mm
Paper Size:
600mm
x 475mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Rare map of the Pacific recording the tracks of John Meares in the ships Iphigenia and Felice 1788-89 who were at the centre of the Nootka Crisis during the summer of 1789. His vessels were seized at Nootka Sound by the Spaniards, who claimed all that coast as Spanish. War nearly broke out between England and Spain over the question. Meares based his map on Cook’s and Roberts’s world chart which was published in the official accounts of Cook’s third and final voyage.
From Meares, Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North West Coast of America.
Collections:
Royal Museums Greenwich G266:2/7
References:
Wagner 759
