A chart of the discoveries made by the late Capt. Cook, & other European navigators in the great Pacific Ocean between Asia and America [cartographic material] /

• Main Author: Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784.
• Other Authors: Baldwin, Robert, active 1770-1810.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: London : Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose, Pater Noster Row, 1780. 1780
• Subjects: Cook; James; 1728-1779 > Travel > Pacific Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800; Australia > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800; Pacific Ocean > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800; Bering Strait; Pacific; Greenwich; Baldwin
• Online Access: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm557

Map of the North and South Pacific Ocean including the western shores of the continents of North & South America as well as the eastern coast of the Asian continent. The map features the time-dated seatrack of James Cook's third Pacific exploration (this was missing in the early version published in July 1780) and includes many new Pacific islands previously uncharted, particularly the discovery of the I. Sandwich [i.e. Hawaiian Islands] where Cook was killed. The seatrack includes the last leg of the expedition lead by Cook's lieutenants up the northeast coast of Asia to explore the icy Bering Strait, not yet named.; Title cartouche.; At top right of sheet: London Mag., Dec. 1780.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; From: The London magazine, Dec. 1780 issue. London : Richard Baldwin, 1780.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm557.