A new map of the world with Captain Cook's tracks his discoveries and those of the other circumnavigators / drawn by Sally P. Osgood at H. Swan and H. Rose's School, Medford. 1813.

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A new map of the world with Captain Cook's tracks his discoveries and those of the other circumnavigators / drawn by Sally P. Osgood at H. Swan and H. Rose's School, Medford. 1813.

1 map : ms., hand col., mounted on linen ; 2 hemispheres each 34 cm. in diam., on sheet 50 x 74 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6953951

Independence Seaport Museum

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Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...

Osgood, Sally P.

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Gama, Vasco ˜daœ 1469-1524

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