The S.W. Coast of New Holland. / Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 / 1798

The S.W. Coast of New Holland. Vancouver, George, 1757-1798, 1798

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Full Title: A Chart Shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland With the Tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham Commanded by George Vancouver Esqr. in the Year 1791. Engraved by T. Foot. Weston Place, Battle Bridge. No. 1. (with) eight inset maps. London. Published May 1st 1798, by J. Edwards Pall Mall and G. Robinson Paternoster Row.

Author: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

Date: 1798

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Author: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

Date: 1798

Short Title: The S.W. Coast of New Holland.

Publisher: London: G.G. & J. Robinson

Type: Chart Map

Object Height cm: 63

Object Width cm: 79

Scale 1: 905,000

Note: All maps uncolored. Inset maps included are: 1. A Survey of King George IIId Sound on the S.W. Coast of New Holland. 2. Dusky Bay in New Zealand Copied from a sketch of Captain Cook's with such Additions and improvements as where made by the Discovery and Chatham, in the Year 1791. 3. Pickersgills Harbour. 4. Anchor Island Harbour. 5. Facile Harbour. 6. A Sketch of the Snares with the Track of the Chatham between them. 7. Chatham Island. 8. The Island of Oparo. Maps include soundings and the tracks of the ships around the islands.

Reference: P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.

World Area: Pacific

Country: New Zealand

List No: 3354.001

Series No: 4

Engraver or Printer: Foot, T.

Published In: A Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean And Round The World In Which The Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined And Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally With A View To Ascertain The Existence Of Any Navigable Communication Between The North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; And Performed In The Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 In The Discovery Sloop Of War, And Armed Tender Chatham, Under The Command Of Captain George Vancouver. In Three Volumes. London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. 1798.

Publication Author: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798

Publication Date: 1798

Publication Reference: P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.

Publication Note: Atlas, without title, as issued. Contains ten charts and six sheets of views (profiles of parts of the coastlines). Compare the English charts to the French issues in the French Neptune of 1820. Vancouver's charts were the most accurate of the area for many years into the 19th century. In addition to the eight Northwest Coast charts, there is a "Chart shewing part of the S.W. Coast of New Holland" (with inset charts of New Zealand) and "A Chart of the Sandwich Islands." Maps are without color and bound into half leather burgundy cloth covered boards with "Atlas To Vancouvers Voyage" stamped in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Streeter calls the accounts of the voyage, "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century." Voyage accounts are bound in three volumes, all in half leather with green cloth boards. "Vancouver's Voyage" and the volume number embossed in gold on spine.

Publication List No: 3354.000

Publication Type: Chart Atlas

Publication Maps: 16

Publication Height cm: 54

Publication Width cm: 45

Image No: 3354001

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