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A chart and views of Pitcairns Island, latitude 25.̊02. S, long. 133.̊30 W.
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1773
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London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand
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Scale approximately 1:66,671. 1 map ; 10.1 x 25 cm in 17.8 x 25 cm, sheet 31.2 x 48 cm. Ancillary coastal views: Bearing N W distance 15 leagues -- Bearing N N W distance 6 or 7 leagues -- Bearing N W by N distance 4 or 5 leagues -- Bearing N N W distance 3 leagues. Nautical chart of Pitcairn's Island. The island was discovered by Capt. Philip Carteret in 1767, and this chart is based on his journals. Later the Bounty mutineers landed on the island in 1789. Relief is shown by hachures and shading while sea-depth by soundings. At bottom centre of map: 1st Jan.y. 1773. Plate opposite p. 341, vol. 1 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. 1. London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
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Nautical charts, Pitcairn Islands, Early works to 1800, Discovery and exploration, Discoveries in geography, Travel, Carteret, Philip, -1796
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Pitcairn Islands
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1773
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