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Kaart van de Good Success Baai in de Straat van Le Maire

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Printed maps. The sheet is divided into three parts: the upper half has 4 cross sections, each with a description written underneath the illustration; the lower half is comprised of two maps. "Sculpt. apud J.S. Klauber Aug. Nind. 1794." Each map has north oriented to the right. Map on the left has visual scale [50 mm=1 English mile].
Probably originally from a Dutch edition of Cook's first voyage, 1768-1771; source unconfirmed. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.

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Title
Kaart van de Good Success Baai in de Straat van Le Maire: [and] Kaart van het Z.O. gedeelte van het Vuur Land de Straat Le Maire en een gedeelte van Staaten-Land. door Luit. J. Cook 1769
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Printed maps. The sheet is divided into three parts: the upper half has 4 cross sections, each with a description written underneath the illustration; the lower half is comprised of two maps. "Sculpt. apud J.S. Klauber Aug. Nind. 1794." Each map has north oriented to the right. Map on the left has visual scale [50 mm=1 English mile]. Probably originally from a Dutch edition of Cook's first voyage, 1768-1771; source unconfirmed. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Publisher
Contributor
Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, approximately 1700-1768, Cook, James, 1728-1779
Date
1794
Type
Format
map, [1:32,190 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:24800, local: RMC_107196
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Language
dut
Relation
Coverage
Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), South America--Argentina--Tierra del Fuego, Le Maire Strait
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