MAP of the SOUTH POLE, with the Track of his Majesty's Sloop Resolution in Search of a SOUTHERN CONTINENT
Thomas Bowen
Chart tracing Cook's search for the great southern continent, circling but not reaching Antarctica, with the southern portion of South American, the Cape of Good Hope, and New Zealand shown. Polar stereographic map showing Cook's progress on board the Resolution through the southern hemisphere. Along the vessel track are descriptions of discoveries along the way, including his calculated antipode of London to the SE of New Zealand. This volume includes the Declaration of Independence, published in August 1776.
Scale and extentent derived via georeferencing.
Sylvanus Urban
London
1776
English
1 map ; 20 x 21 cm
maps
AntarcticaOceaniaSouth America
New ZealandChiliArgentina
Patagonia
-180; 180; -90; 33.681
1:55,000,000
Polar Stereographic
W. K. Morrison Special Collection
WKM-J-195
Bookcase
Gentleman's Magazine
v.46, October 1776, opposite pg. 16
Edw. Cave
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