Subject: World - Polar
Period: 1776 (circa)
Publication: Voyage toward the North Pole
Color: Black & White
Size:
16.5 x 9 inches
41.9 x 22.9 cm
A finely engraved double polar projection, with a rectangular map of the tropical regions centered on the equator across the bottom. The title continues "towards the North & South Poles and the Torrid Zone or Tropical Regions with the New Discoveries in the South Sea." The southern hemisphere shows Capt. Cook's voyages of 1773, '74, and '75. The northern hemisphere focuses on the 1773 voyages of Captain Phipps, now Lord Mulgrave. Engraved by W. Barker.
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Condition: B+
Issued folding, now pressed flat. Small, light area of foxing at lower center and some very light mold stains at upper left. Printed on fine hand laid paper with original margins.