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C1777
Chart of the Friendly Isles.
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The first English edition of Cook’s rare c.18th engraved chart of the Friendly Islands (Tongan group). Cook visited the islands 2 – 8 October 1773 and then again 26 – 29 June 1774, after which the ships became separated and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Chart of the Friendly Isles.
Date:
C1777
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
325mm
x 205mm
Paper Size:
440mm
x 282mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
The first English edition of Cook’s rare c.18th engraved chart of the Friendly Islands (Tongan group). Cook visited the islands 2 – 8 October 1773 and then again 26 – 29 June 1774, after which the ships became separated and were never to meet again.
After leaving Raiatea (Society Islands) on 18 September 1773, Cook directed his course towards Amsterdam Island (Tongatapu), discovered by Tasman in 1643, intending to verify Tasman’s charting against his own charts. The ships stayed for three days, thoroughly enjoying the reception they had received and called the group the Friendly Islands. On his second visit he headed for the Nomuka, the largest island of the south central group of Tonga.
From Cook’s, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.
References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970 1216.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 358.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967. 16245.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 90039
State Library New South Wales: M2 928/1774/1
Art Gallery New South Wales: Accession number 207.1990.3.a-kkk
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.
