Item #202841 Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait made by the East Cape of Asia and the West Point of America. James COOK.

Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait made by the East Cape of Asia and the West Point of America.

London: Alexander Hogg, 1790.

Sea Chart. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 10.75" x 15.5".

Beautiful map of the Bering Strait. Details the topography of the coastlines, indicates depths and routes. Based on a map by Captain James Cook. Minor wear along original fold lines. Lower margin cropped.

Captain Cook (1728 -1779) was among the most famous and important explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain of his time, whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766, he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica, his discovery of many Polynesian islands, including the Hawaiian Islands, first European contact with east Australia, the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest.

Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Language: English

Price: $150.00

Item #202841

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