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Collection Gallery 4:
New addition to this gallery! The lost chart of Captain Cook, by Henry Roberts - see below
Captain James Cook is widely acknowledged as one of the best seamen and probably the greatest explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker during the great age of exploration. He was commissioned to explore to the South Seas and the South Pacific before his third voyage which took him again to the South Pacific, then on to Hawaii and eventually to the Northwest coast of America in search of the Northwest Passage. This gallery includes includes two maps, ten illustrations and one book, most of which focus on Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Click here for more background on this gallery, or click here to listen to an audio background (mp3) on Captain Cook's contributions and explorations provided by Antenna Audio.
Click on any of the thumbnail images of the maps below for a close up view and a written history/description of each. Each enlarged image page also offers you the option to click an arrow to move forward or back through the maps, without returning to this page.
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere...
by Captain James Cook (vols. 1 and 2) and Captain James King (vol. 3), and Atlas (vol. 4)
London, 1784
(Leather Bound Book)
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After John Webber
A Man of Nootka Sound.
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
A Woman of Nootka Sound.
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
A View of Snug Corner Cove, in Prince William's Sound.
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
A Man of Oonalashka. (left)
A Woman of Oonalashka. (right)
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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New to the collection!
Henry Roberts
The Lost Chart of Captain James Cook
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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William Faden
Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and the N.E. Coast of Asia, Explored in the Years 1778 and 1779.
London, 1784, 1794
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After John Webber
A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound. (top)
The Inside of a House in Nootka Sound. (bottom)
London, 1790
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
Natives of Oonalashka, and their Habitations.
London, 1790
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
Natives of California
London, 1794
(Copperplate Engraving)
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After John Webber
Gezigten der West-Kust van Amerika.
Amsterdam, 1794
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Henry Roberts
Chart of Cooks River in the N.W. part of America.
London, 1784
(Copperplate Engraving)
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Click on any of the map images for larger views and a written description of each.
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