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Keywords: 1780 Cook - Hogg Map of Tahiti ( Society Islands ) - Geographicus - Tahiti-hogg-1780.jpg This is a rare map of the Society Islands in the South Pacific published by Alexander Hogg to illustrate the voyages and discoveries of the sea captains Byron Wallis Carteret ad Cook This map contains references to the cartographic work of John Hawkesworth 1715 -1773 James Cook 1728-1779 Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820 and John Byron 1723-1786 Features the routes taken by these important explorers in and around the Society Islands Depicts the island of Tahiti Otaheite as well as Bora Bora Bolabola Otaha Marma Ulietea and others Decorative title cartouche in the upper right quadrant Published for Hogg ™s account of Cook ™s Voyages c 1780 1780 Size in 14 7 5 object history credit line accession number Tahiti-hogg-1780 An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and successively performed by Commodore Byron Captain Wallis Captain Carteret and Captain Cook in the Dolphin the Swallow and the Endeavor Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks Esq; by John Hawkesworth LL D In three volumes Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered or hitherto but imperfectly known London printed for W Strahan; and T Cadell in the Strand MDCCLXXIII Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Maps of the Society Islands James Cook maps relating to Samuel Wallis John Byron Philip Carteret Maps of voyages Old nautical charts Old maps showing history of Oceania Old maps of Polynesia 1780 maps Maps in English
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