The first published charts of Botany Bay and the Endeavour River

COOK, Captain James.

Entrance of Endeavour River in New South Wales...; Botany Bay in New South Wales...
London, 1773. FIRST EDITION. 150 x 350mm.

Two engraved charts on one sheet, engraved by J. Gibson and T. Bowen. They were published in Hawkesworth's 'An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere' by John Hawkesworth, which was the official account of Cook's First Voyage, during which he mapped the east coast of Australia for the first time.


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