AGSL GeoDiscovery

Chart of Cooks River in the N.W. part of America

Description:

Map of the Cooks River and also showing Capt. Cook's discoveries in Prince William Sound and the Cook Inlet at the head of Cooks River. The map features a time-dated sea track and anchor points of the H.M.S. Resolution over the period May 10-June 9, 1788.

Chart of Cooks River in the north west part of America.

Relief is shown by pictorially and bathymetric soundings.

Prime meridian: Greenwich.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zd120wp4361

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zd120wp4361, ocn662514190, and 662514190

Language:

eng

Publisher:

[London] and [Alexr. Hogg, 1784-86].

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Cook's River (Alaska), Discovery and exploration, Prince William Sound (Alaska), Alaska, Cook Inlet (Alaska), Cook, James, 1728-1779, and Travel

Date Issued:

1784

Rights:

Images from the David Rumsey Map Center's general collections courtesy of Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false