Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: [King George III's Island battle]

Author: 
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Author: 
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Date: 
1773
Short Title: 
[King George III's Island battle]
Publisher: 
W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Publisher Location: 
London
Type: 
View
Obj Height cm: 
22
Obj Width cm: 
31
Note: 
Engraved b&w view showing British ship firing and Tahitian boats with village, vegetation and mountains.
Region: 
Tahiti
Full Title: 
(Captain Samuel Wallis' ship in battle with inhabitants of King George Third's or Otaheite Island, June 24, 1767). E. Rooker sculp. No. 21. [London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
List No: 
3403.006
Page No: 
v. 1 (facing p. 441)
Series No: 
7
Engraver or Printer: 
Rooker, Edward, 1712?-1774
Publication Author: 
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Publication Author: 
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Publication Author: 
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Pub Date: 
1773
Pub Title: 
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
Pub Reference: 
Mitchell, 648
Pub Note: 
See note field above.
Pub List No: 
3403.000
Pub Type: 
Exploration Book
Pub Maps: 
13
Pub Height cm: 
28
Pub Width cm: 
24
Image No: 
3403006
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Authors: 
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773; Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection