A Chart of the Sandwich Islands as Surveyed during the Visits of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham Commanded by George Vancouver Esq. in the Years 1792, 1793 & 1794, and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieut. Joseph Baker. Engraved by J. Warner. 15. (with) Part of the Gallapagos Isles (and) the Island of Cocoas. London: Published May 1st, 1798, by J. Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson Paternoster Row.

Uncolored maps of the Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands. The tracks of the ships, along with their dates, are shown. 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vancouver, George, 1757-1798, Baker, Lieut. Joseph; Warner, J.
Other Authors: Rumsey Collection
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: 1798
Subjects:
Sandwich Islands
Galapagos
Pacific
New Zealand
North Atlantic
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Summary:Uncolored maps of the Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands. The tracks of the ships, along with their dates, are shown. 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. P197; Streeter 3497; Sabin 98443; Cowan 1933; Wagner 853-860.

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