Author: HAWKSWORTH
Title: Australian Coastal Chart from York Bay to Three Island Bay and Harbour 1773
Description: London, Strahan and Cadell. 1773. Map, Australian Coastal Chart from York Bay to Three Island Bay and Harbour by Hawkesworth, published by Strahan and Cadell, London 1773. A copper engraving on paper size 46 by 29.5 cm. with the actual image 36 by 23 cm. Scale one inch to the mile. Hand-coloured. Four maps in one engraving, with the larger map as above and the three smaller maps of St. David's Bay, Elizabeth Bay and a bay under the islands opposite York Road. Includes compass rose and depth soundings. One of the earliest maps of the coast of Australia, originally published in Cook and Hawkesworth's account of Cook's voyage in the Endeavour. Has had two vertical folds. VG condition. Very Good.

Keywords: Maps, Australia, Pacific