The World; Comprising the New Discoverie…

Scarce c.18th world map showing the discoveries made on Cook’s first voyage and some of the discoveries made on his second voyage; these include; the island of New Caledonia and Norfolk Island. Our map doesn’t have a publication line at bottom as other editions noted below.

This c.18th world map was issued in Fenning and Collyer, A New System of Geography which went through several editions in the mid-eighteenth century.

The editions of the work were published in:
1st edition   1764-1765 (Vol I. 1764 Vol 2. 1765)
2nd edition 1765-1766 (Vol I. 1765 Vol 2. 1766)
3rd  edition  1771
4th  edition  1771
5th  edition  1778
Later editions 1785-86

From: Fenning, Daniel and Collyer, Joseph: A New System of Geography: Or, a General Description of the World…