Pacific maps taken from various published sources including Cook, Vancouver, etc. and including maps of Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands, 1820-1840.

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Pacific maps taken from various published sources including Cook, Vancouver, etc. and including maps of Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands, 1820-1840.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122444995

Among the maps present are: Kerguelen's Land, Van Diemen's Land, Adventure Bay, "Chart of the Friendly Islands, " "Chart of the Feejee Islands, " "Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour, " four small islands in the Pacific: Wanooaette, Wateeoo, Mangeea, and Toobouai, "Sketch of the Harbours and the North Side of Eimeo, " "Christmas Island ... Discovered in the Ships Resolution and Discovery. 1777," "Views of the West Coast of America, " "Sketch of Nootka Sound, " "Views of the Land on the West coast of America to the Westward of Cooks River, " Views on the Coast of Asia ... View of the Coast of Kamtschatka ..., " Sketch of the Harbour of Samganooda on the Island Oonalaska, " "Chart of Norton Sound and of Bherings Strait ... ", "A chart of the Sandwich Islands, " (from the 1801 edition of Vancouver), "Chart of the Sandwich Islands" with inset, "Sketch of Karakakooa Bay, " "Plan of the Bay of Awatska on the East Coast of Kamtschatka, " chart showing part of Japan, "View of Sulphur Island, " "Sketch of the Typa and Macao, " "Chart of the N.W. Coast of America and N.E. Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 & 1779," "The Island of Otaheite according to the survey taken by Cap. Cook, 1769," "Chart of the Marquesas, by Capt. James Wilson, in the Ship duff, 1797," manuscript map of New Zealand, chart of Gambier's Islands."

1 v. (33 engraved charts and maps, 1 manuscript map, plus fragments of several other maps)

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Kent, James, 1763-1847

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These maps were compiled over a period of years by Chancellor Kent, a well-known American jurist who was a dominant state supreme court judge in New York throughout the Federalist era. The extensive manuscript annotations are in his hand. These notes are often dated, some as early as the 1820s and others as late as 1840. It is unclear what prompted Kent to assemble this volume, but a possible reason was his interest in missionary activities, often referred to in the notes, which display an intim...