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James Cook's 1777 South-Up map of South Georgia, which he named after King George III. Cook's second voyage marked a successful employment of Larcum Kendall's K1 copy of John Harrison's H4 marine chronometer, which enabled Cook to calculate his longitudinal position with much greater accuracy.
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2 de mai. de 2024 · A PDF document of a campus map of The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, England. The web page also provides contact information and accessibility options for the map.
The map shows the three voyages of Captain James Cook. The first voyage is in red, the second voyage is in green and the third voyage is in blue. Following Cook’s death, the route his crew took is in the blue dashed line.
Explore the voyages of James Cook, the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific regions. Click on the map icons or locations to see more details about each place or event.
First published in 1739, dated 1754 but bearing 1756 notes, this map is a good representation of the state of the myth of the Southern Continent in the decades before Cook’s second voyage. 1777: Cook, James, 1728–1779. “A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere.” Copperplate map, 50 cm. in diameter on sheet 56 × 54 cm.
26 de abr. de 2024 · James Cook, British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and the Pacific Ocean. Cook set new standards in navigation, cartography, the care of crew at sea, and in the application of science at sea. Read more about Cook here.
First decorative map to show Cook’s tracks in the Pacific, recording the discoveries he made in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the South Pacific during the Endeavour voyage. Also noted are the tracks of Philip Carteret, John Byron, and Samuel Wallis.
