| Summary: | Coastal profiles of Cape Serdtse Kamen, Kamchatka Peninsula and Avacha Bay 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.; Map opposite p. 563 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-rm550-3. Views: Cape Serdze Kamen bearing S. 50 E. dis. 4 leas -- View of Cape Serdze Kamen bearing S* dist 6 miles -- View of the coast of Asia when the N.E. part of the east cape bears E.S.E. distant 3 1/2 leas -- View of the coast of Kamtschatka Cheepoonskoi Nofs bearing WSW dist. 8 or 10 leas. -- Cheepoonskoi Nofs bearing S 79* W dis. 7 leas -- View of the coast of Kamtschatka when Paratoonka Mount bears S W by W and the north head of the entrance into Awatska Bay NNW 2 miles distant.
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