Cook's chart of the course of HMS Resolution round Cape Horn

Date: 1773 Reference: MPI 1/91 Creator: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of departments not assigned an individual map extract prefix Catalogue context: 1 item (illustrating the log of HMS Resolution, Captain James Cook, 1772-1775) extracted from ADM 55/108 . Argentina. Chart of the south coast of Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island (now Isla de los Estados), showing the course of HMS Resolution round Cape Horn in 1773; also showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 16 miles. Insets: (i) Christmas Sound, scale: 1 inch to 4 miles; (ii) New Year's Harbour, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass indicators to both insets. ORDER THIS DOCUMENT AS MPI 1/85 . Categories: Maps and plans Subjects: Americas; Archives and libraries; Maps and plans; Navy Topics: International trade and affairs; Land and buildings; Military and war; Transport and travel Period: Empire And Industry Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf