Bilder John Hawkesworth (1715–1773) – Christmas Sound on the Southwest Coast of Tierra del Fuego – Copper Engraving (1773)

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This detailed nautical chart illustrates Christmas Sound, a large inlet on the southwest coast of Terra del Fuego (Tierra del Fuego) in Chile/Argentina. The chart is presented in two sections, delineating the sound and naming geographical features, including Port Clerke, Dolphin Bay, and Pickersgill Cove, which commemorate members of the British expeditions. The map records the track of navigators searching the southern extremes of the continent for the elusive Terra Australis. This chart was published in the highly influential British publication, An Account of the Voyages, which compiled the official journals of Cook, Carteret, and others.

John Hawkesworth was an English writer, essayist, and editor who was commissioned by the British Admiralty to compile and publish the official accounts of several major voyages. His massive, three-volume work, An Account of the Voyages, was a a significant literary and commercial success of the Enlightenment, making him one of the most prominent disseminators of geographical and ethnographic knowledge of the Pacific.

Artist or Maker: John Hawkesworth

Dimensions: Approximately 26 × 40 cm

Medium: Copper Engraving

Date: 1773

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