Chart of the island of Otaheite [cartographic material] /

James Cook's classic chart of Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] and its neighboring island Eimeo [i.e. Moorea Island]. The map was based on his surveys of the island as the main aim of his first Pacific voyage. He left England on Aug. 12, 1768 arriving at Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] on April 13, 1769 in plenty of time to build an observatory to carefully measure the transit of Venus across the Sun's sphere on June 3, an event which occurs only twice within 8 years once every 120 years. On his return trip he sailed up the east coast of Australia, mapping the coastline and naming it New South Wales. Relief is shown by hachures and pictorially for ground cover.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Plate opposite p. 341 from: 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. Vol. 1. London : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm537d