Summary: | "St. Peter and St. Paul's Harbour, Lat. 53* 0' N. Long. 158* 43' 0" E. Varn. 6* 19'E. 1779."; Inset: Plan of the harbour off St. Peter and St. Paul surveyed by William Bligh, Master of the Resolution. High water at 4 h. 38 m. on full and change; the tide rises 5 or 6 feet. St Peter and St Paul's Harbour is now called Petropavlovsk. Relief shown by bathymetric soundings. Scale of 1760 yards or one English mile.; Lower right-hand corner: Duff sc.; Proof map of Avacha Bay, Russia, on the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula. Relief shown by bathymetric soundings and hachures.; Top left-hand corner: Pl. XXII.; Top right-hand corner: Vol. 3 p. 184.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk3722-22. Proof plates to Cooks voyages.
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