Description
Chart of the Tasmanian coast from South West Cape to Cape Frederick Henry and south coast of Maria Island including coastal profiles of Fluted Cape and Bruny Island.
Shows the tracks of the Resolution and Discovery 24-30 January, 1777. The chart was made from the original chart issued in the official accounts of Cook’s third and final voyage, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captain Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Discovery , in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780.
Inset coastal profiles View of Van Diemen’s Land over Fluted Cape, when South Cape bears NNE1/2E distant 7 miles. View of Land over fluted Cape when Penguin Island bears NWbW 1 1/2mile distant. View of Van Diemen’s Land when the Mewstone bears N1/2E distant 5 miles.
From Anderson, A New, Authentic, and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, published by Alexander Hogg.
