Antique Map of South America focusing on Cook's tracks

Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Zuidlyk Eind van Amerika'. Map of the sourthern part of South America, focusing on Cook's tracks around the Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego in 1775. This map originates from a Dutch edition of the Official Account of Cook's Expedition.

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728[NB 1] – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. Please study image carefully.

Date: c.1775

Overall size: 53.5 x 47 cm.