Chart of the world on Mercator's projection, exhibiting all the new discoveries to the present time: with the tracks of the most distinguished navigators since the year 1700, carefully collected from the best charts, maps, voyages, &c extant. And regulated from the accurate astronomical observations, made in three voyages, perform'd under the command of Captn. James Cook, in the years 1768...1780.

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Chart of the world on Mercator's projection, exhibiting all the new discoveries to the present time: with the tracks of the most distinguished navigators since the year 1700, carefully collected from the best charts, maps, voyages, &c extant. And regulated from the accurate astronomical observations, made in three voyages, perform'd under the command of Captn. James Cook, in the years 1768...1780.

Chart on 8 sheets. A note on the back in pencil says this is Arrowsmith 22. First edition, second issue. Engraving, coloured in outline. Scale: [circa 1:2,000,000]. Shows the tracks of nearly 30 explorers, from 1492 to 1787.
Depicts the North Pacific.

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Object Details

ID:	G201:1/21A
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Arrowsmith, Aaron
Places:	World
Date made:	1790
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall ca. 133 x 210cm.