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C1786
Views of Sandwich Islands.
Mapmaker:
William Bligh (1754 - 1817)
Coastal profile views of the Hawaiian Islands, where Cook arrived on 26th November, 1778. View of the N.E. part of Mowee when the Isthmus bears W.S.W. 4 miles off shoar. View of the S.E. side of Owhyhee when the East Point … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Views of Sandwich Islands.
Date:
C1786
Mapmaker:
William Bligh (1754 - 1817)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
360mm
x 200mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1786
Description:
Coastal profile views of the Hawaiian Islands, where Cook arrived on 26th November, 1778.
View of the N.E. part of Mowee when the Isthmus bears W.S.W. 4 miles off shoar.
View of the S.E. side of Owhyhee when the East Point bears N. b. W. 4 leas. distant.
View from the (anchorage symbol) at ATOOI.
View from the (anchorage symbol) at WOAHOO.
View of the island AtTOOI when the Peaked Hill bears No. 14. W. 13 leas. distant.
View of the west side of ONEEHOW as seen from the ship at (anchorage symbol).
From Anderson, A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World
Mapmaker:
William Bligh (1754-1817)
Bligh was a naval officer and governor. He was descended from a family settled in St Tudy, Cornwall, since 1680, whose members had been mayors of Bodmin in the sixteenth century. William was entered in HMS Monmouth on July 1762, was paid off the following February, and joined the navy on 27 July 1770. Since there was no vacancy for midshipmen, he was rated ‘able-seaman’, but he messed with the former and officially became one in February 1771. On 17 March 1776 he was appointed master of the Resolution, on James Cook’s third voyage. On the voyage made a number of the charts.
