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C1785
Carta dell’ Ultimo Viaggio del Capitano Kook…
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C.18th map of Australia, the Pacific and Asia, showing the discoveries and tracks made by James Cook during his third and final voyage. Australia shown with the east coast and the New Zealand islands which Cook charted in 1769-1770 during … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Carta dell’ Ultimo Viaggio del Capitano Kook 1785.
Date:
C1785
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
334mm
x 345mm
Paper Size:
353mm
x 410mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1785
Description:
C.18th map of Australia, the Pacific and Asia, showing the discoveries and tracks made by James Cook during his third and final voyage.
Australia shown with the east coast and the New Zealand islands which Cook charted in 1769-1770 during his first voyage of exploration. The map also includes the Hawaiian Islands and the charting Cook made during his third voyage.
From: Harpe, J-F. Compendio della Storia Generale de’ Viaggi
References:
Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800. Amsterdam 1968 :: 671.
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 501.
Wagner, H.R. Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800. Amsterdam 1968 :: 671.
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 501.
James Cook (1728 - 1779)
Cook was the most important navigator of the Age of Enlightenment, a period that saw the mystery of the Southland resolved, the discovery of New Zealand, Hawaii, numerous Pacific Islands and confirmation that a Northwest Passage did not exist. Cook was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and apprenticeship for three years under John Walker, a Quaker coal-shipper of Whitby. In 1755 Walker offered him a command, but instead Cook joined HMS Eagle and within a month was master's mate. After two years on the Channel service, he was promoted master of the Pembroke, and in 1758 crossed the Atlantic in her and took part in the siege of Louisburg and the survey of the St Lawrence River that led to the capture of Quebec. Returning to England in 1762 he married Elizabeth Batts (1742-1832?) of Shadwell, whom he was to rarely see in the ensuing years at sea. Cook then famously commanded three voyages that ended with his death on the island of Hawaii on 14 February 1779.
