James Cook Expeditions, Pacific Ocean, 1776-1779 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Mapa que demuestra el derrotero q[ue] : hizo M. Cook en 1776, 1777, 1778, y 1779 en su tercero y ultimo viaje. It was published by Libreria de Copin in [1780]. Scale [ca. 1:600,000]. Map in Spanish. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to a non-standard 'Mercator' projection with the central meridian at 180 degrees west. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. Note: The central meridian of this map is not the same as the Prime Meridian and may wrap the International Date Line or overlap itself when displayed in GIS software. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the route of James Cook's Pacific Ocean expeditions in the HMS Resolution, 1776-1779. Includes notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection and the Harvard University Library as part of the Open Collections Program at Harvard University project: Organizing Our World: Sponsored Exploration and Scientific Discovery in the Modern Age. Maps selected for the project correspond to various expeditions and represent a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

The explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals, 1768-1779.

Mode of access: Internet.

Life of Captain James Cook.

Afterwards reprinted with title Narrative of the voyages round the world performed by Captain James Cook.

The life of Captain James Cook.

Adapted and abridged from the biography by Andrew Kippis.

A narrative of the voyages round the world performed by Captain James Cook : with an account of his life during the previous and intervening periods /

First published in London, 1788, under title: The life of Captain James Cook.

The voyages of Captain James Cook.

Added t.-p., illus., v. 1.

Captain James Cook, R. N., F.R.S., "the circumnavigator" /

Mode of access: Internet.