Chart of the world on Mercator's projection, exhibiting all the new discoveries to the present time: with the tracks of the most distinguished navigators since the year 1700, carefully collected from the best charts, maps, voyages, &c extant. And regulated from the accurate astronomical observations, made in three voyages, perform'd under the command of Captn. James Cook, in the years 1768...1780.

Chart on 8 sheets. A note on the back in pencil says this is Arrowsmith 22. First edition, second issue. Engraving, coloured in outline. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Shows the tracks of nearly 30 explorers, from 1492 to 1787.
Depicts the north Atlantic.

Object Details

ID: G201:1/21B
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron
Places: World
Date made: 1790
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall ca. 133 x 210cm.