‘Chart of part of the South Sea, Shewing the Tracts and Discoveries made by His Majesty’s Ships, 1773’.

A map based on Captain James Cook's first Endeavour voyage. Cooks three voyages of discovery between 1768 and his death in 1779 produced accurate maps, extensive collections of natural history specimens and ethnographic objects, and major advances in navigation which revolutionised European understanding of the Pacific and laid the path for British colonisation of Australia and New Zealand.