1. A chart of North and South America including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia, part of the Icy Sea [Bering Strait], Greenland, Baffin's Bay and part of Hudson's Bay; 2. Coasts of California with the peninsula of Kamschatka, West Indies, opposite coasts of Europe and Africa; 3. South Sea, South America, Southern Ocean. Publish'd 1775 by Robt Sayer & J Bennett No 53 Fleet Street
Six charts, coloured in outline. Mercator projection. Meridian of Ferro. Numerous tracks. Comparative tables of latitudes and astronomical observations. Updated version of chart attributed to John Green, see G201:7/1 (1753). Sheets A and B, C and D, E and F joined to make three sheets. Sheets engraved with numbers II, IV, VI. Includes the following tracks: Vespucci 1502; Gaetan 1542; Mendana 1567-1568; Francisco de Gaulle with Spanish galleon from Manila 1583; Cavendish [1586]; Van Noorte 1599; Quiros [1605]; Hudson 1610; Baffin 1616; Spillbergen 1616; Tasman 1643; Narborough 1670; Halley 1700; St Anthony of Padua commanded by M. de Frondat 1709; Anson 1740-1743; N. S. de Cabadonga 1743; Behring 1741; Tchirikow and Mr de L'Isle de la Croyere 1741; Byron 1765; Carteret 1767; Wallis 1767; Bougainville 1768; Cook 1769; D. Juan de Gama; Lt Syndo.
Object Details
| ID: | G201:7/4D |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Robert Sayer & John Bennett |
| Places: | Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean World |
| Date made: | 1775 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 113 cm x 46.5 cm |