A Chart of the Sandwich Islands as surveyed during the visits of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and the Armed Tender Chatham commanded by George Vancouver, Esq. in the years 1792, 1793, & 1794 and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieutenant Joseph Baker
| dc.coverage.spatial | Hawaiian Islands | |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1798 | |
| dc.creator | Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 | |
| dc.creator | Baker, Joseph, 1768-1817 | |
| dc.creator | Warner, John, active 1787-1810 | |
| dc.creator | Edwards, James, 1756-1816 | |
| dc.creator | Robinson, George, 1736-1801 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-08T01:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-08T01:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1798 | |
| dc.description | Scale [1:840,000] (W 160⁰39ʹ--W 154⁰30ʹ/N 22⁰30ʹ--N 18⁰30ʹ). 1 map ; 53 x 76 cm. Shows mountains, rivers, and place names. Shows the routes of the Discovery and Chatham commanded by George Vancouver in 1792, 1793 and 1794. Relief shown by hachures, depths by soundings. Title cartouche in upper right quadrant. In upper right corner: 15. Has inset maps: The Island of Cocas (Scale approximately 1:71,101), Part of the Gallapagos Isles (Scale approximately 1:1,258,713). Original is a map from "A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world: in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed: undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans, and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver" published in three volumes in 1798 by G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; And J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. | |
| dc.format | Map | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10524/82184 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | J. Edwards Pall Mall & G. Robinson | |
| dc.publisher.place | London | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The Wing Lau Rare Map Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Early and Historical Maps | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Hawaiian Islands | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Hawaii | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Galapagos Islands | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cocos Island (Costa Rica) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Vancouver, George, 1757-1798 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Early maps | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nautical charts | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Engravings | |
| dc.title | A Chart of the Sandwich Islands as surveyed during the visits of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and the Armed Tender Chatham commanded by George Vancouver, Esq. in the years 1792, 1793, & 1794 and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieutenant Joseph Baker | |
| dcterms.type | Image | |
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