A chart of the islands discovered in the neighbourhood of Otaheite in the course of several voyages round the world made by the Capns. Byron, Wallis, Carteret & Cook in the years 1765, 1767, 1769

Description:

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. This chart shows the Society Islands particularly the neighborhood of Wallis' King Georges Island or Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti], extending out to the Scilly Islands in the west and to the Whitsunday Island in the east, from Disappointment Island in the north to Ohetiroa in the south. The map features the undated sea-tracks of the voyages of four well-known Pacific explorers - Commodre Byron in the Dolphin accompanied by Captain Philip Mouat in the Tamar (June 1765), British explorers Samuel Wallis and Philip Cateret (1767-68), Lieutenant James Cook (April 1769). Imprint on map: London : Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms, no. 16 Paternoster Row.

Creator:

Hogg, Alexander, active 1779-1784

Publisher:

[Alexr. Hogg]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Discoveries in geography, Travel, and Discovery and exploration

Date Issued:

1784

Spatial Coverage:

French Polynesia, Society Islands, Society Islands (French Polynesia), and Tahiti Region

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vp108sq3427