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C1773
Chart of the Island Otaheite, by Lieut.J.Cook 1769.
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Rare engraved map of Tahiti named Otaheite based on James Cook’s surveys of the island as the main aim of his first Pacific voyage. Cook arrived at Otaheite on 13 April 1769, to measure the transit of Venus across the sun’s … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Chart of the Island Otaheite, by Lieut.J.Cook 1769.
Date:
C1773
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
405mm
x 235mm
Paper Size:
472mm
x 281mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1773
Description:
Rare engraved map of Tahiti named Otaheite based on James Cook’s surveys of the island as the main aim of his first Pacific voyage. Cook arrived at Otaheite on 13 April 1769, to measure the transit of Venus across the sun’s sphere which was to take place on 3 June, an event which occurred only twice within eight years and only once every 120 years. The group that took the measurements were, Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, British, astronomer Charles Green and Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander.
‘Monday 26th June. about three o’clock in the morning, I set out in the pinnance, accompanied by Mr. Banks, to make a circuit of the island, with a view to sketch out the coast and harbours.’ Cook.
References:
Hakluyt Society 1.118A ll. p.112
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID3533319
From: Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,…
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.
