Chart of part of the south coast of Newfoundland including the Islands of Langley, St. Peters and Miquelon with the southern entrance into the Gulph of St. Laurence from actual surveys taken by order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labradore, &c. By James Cook, Surveyor. Published by permission, of the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by James Cook. Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, at No. 53 in Fleet Street. 10 May 1774.

• Main Authors: Cook, James, active 1762-1775, Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) 1774
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Anchorage; Endeavour; Newfoundland
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Nautical chart of the south coast of Newfoundland, including the islands of Langley [Greening's Island], Saint Peter's and Miquelon, in 1774. Shows cities, topography, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks and depths, given in fathoms. Relief shown with hachures. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale and compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout. With inset charts: Port Aux Basque -- St. Peters Island survey'd by Engineer Fortin in 1763 -- Great Jervis Harbour -- Harbour Briton -- Harbour of St. Laurence. Also with profile view: A view of C. Chapeaurouge or the Mountain of the Red Hat, taken at the Point A in the chart. Black and white copper-engraving. Chart is 64 x 193 cm, on fold-out plate 68 x 197 cm. References listed at upper right. The North-American Pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett in London, 1775. Atlas comprised of nautical charts created from surveys by James Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, and other officers in the King's Service. Bound in marbled boards, somewhat abraded. With gilt spine title. Collation: [4] pages, XXII plates. Volume contains 28 charts on 22 plates, some double and other fold-out. Charts show cities, fortifications, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks, shipwrecks and depths, given in fathoms. Charts include descriptive notes. Copper-plate engravings. See our 14471.000 for the 1784 second edition of this work. "Extremely rare. Published in the year of Cook's return to England from his second voyage, this is the first issue of the complete edition of the survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, which he carried out in the 1760s. These incredibly detailed and accurate charts, along with his skills as a navigator, were largely responsible for Cook being given command of the Endeavour, which took him on his first circumnavigation. Samuel Holland, ...