1824 William Robertson Large Antique Map of NW South America - Panama to Peru Cooks Voyages General and Particular

General and Particular

The treaty established an imaginary line along a north-south meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands

Thus Kings geographical positions were an important contribution to the accuracy of the various surveys carried out during the voyage and his use of the early chronometers helped prove their use at sea for calculation of Longitude

the plates he produced himself were only etchings and engravings

but a very clear and organised Gothic

1824 William Robertson Large Antique Map of NW South America - Panama to Peru Cooks Voyages General and ParticularTitle : Map of the Kingdom of New Granada and the Countries adjacent from Panama to Guayquil Date : 1824 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 01 9624 Size: 17 1 2in x 10 1 2in (445mm x 270mm) Description: This large highly detailed original copper plate engraved antique map of north west South America from Panama to Peru was engraved by Sydney Hall and published in the 1824 edition of the Rev. Dr Robertsons The History of America. (Ref: M&B; Tooley)