| Summary: | Coastal views of Awatska [i.e. Avacha] Bay in the Kamtschatka [i.e. Kamchatka] Peninsula, part of Russia, taken by James Cook's lieutenants, Clerke and Gore. Following Cook's death in Hawaii in February 1779, they sailed his ships the Resolution and Discovery to Kamtchatka, a peninsula off Russia's eastern Siberian coast, where these views were drawn. Relief is shown pictorially.; Imprint on map: London : Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms, No. 16 Paternoster Row.; Map opposite p. 610 from: A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority : containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making new discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c., &c., &c. : to which will be added, complete and genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. / . under the direction of G.W. Anderson. London : Alexr. Hogg, [1784-86].; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm550-2. Views: NN b W, 4 leas. dist., Entrance of Awatska -- Entrance of Awatska Bay, North Head, 4 miles distant -- View in the entrance of Awatska Bay when the Light House on North Head bore SE b S distant 2 miles.
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