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Creator: Whitchurch, William
Title: A chart of the islands discovered in the neighborhood 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 [cartographic material] / Whitchurch, sculp.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:4,400,000]
Publisher: [London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773].
Date: 1773
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map ; 22.3 x 50 cm.
Notes: 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: Islington [Eng.] : Whitchurch, Pleasant Row, 1773.

Plate opposite p. 249 from: An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. / by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. Vol. 2. London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.

Collection Associates. David Rumsey map collection. List no. 3403.033 [cited 1 Aug. 2005]. Available from the Internet: http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps870050-24005.html; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm537g
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Byron, John, 1723-1786 -- Travel -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Carteret, Philip, d.1796 -- Travel -- French Polynesia -- Society Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Society Islands (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Tahiti Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Tahiti Region -- 1769 -- Maps
Society Islands (French Polynesia) -- 1769 -- Maps
Call Number: MAP RM 537g
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm537g