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Creator: Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Title: Carte de l'hemisphere Austral montrant les routes des navigateurs les plus celebres [cartographic material] / par le Capitaine Jacques Cook.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:25 000 000]
Publisher: A Paris : Hotel de Thou, Rue des Poitevins, [1780?]
Date: 1780
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map ; 48.5 cm. diam., on sheet 55.3 x 56.5 cm.
Notes: From: Abrege de l'histoire generale des voyages /par M. De La Harpe. A Paris : Hotel de Thou, [1780?]. Atlas.

In lower left margin: Benard Direxit.

In lower right margin: Abrege de l'histoire generale des voyages in 8 Tome 19. Page 1 ere.

In upper left margin: Voyages de Cook. Tome l. Page 1 ere, Pl. 2.

Includes tables of latitudes and longitudes.

Map of the Southern Hemisphere showing the tracks of explorers with dates.

Map originally published in: Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world, performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure in the years 1772 ... and 1775. London : W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777.

Tooley, 335.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t335-2; Library's copy has wording cut off in lower right margin.

Tooley Collection Map T 335.
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Journeys -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Southern Hemisphere -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Southern Hemisphere -- 1775.
Call Number: MAP T 335/2
Amicus Number: 12688474
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t335-2