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 south Pacific and south Atlantic.
Depicts the south Pacific and south Atlantic.
Object Details
ID: | G201:1/21F |
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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. |