MAKE A MEME View Large Image Wallis's islands map, 1773.jpg en Map of Wallis islands drawn by Samuel Wallis in 1773 Wallis visited Uvea in 1767 and named it Wallis island The map is really inaccurate compare with File Wallis_ topographic-fr svg It may be the first map ...
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Keywords: Wallis's islands map, 1773.jpg en Map of Wallis islands drawn by Samuel Wallis in 1773 Wallis visited Uvea in 1767 and named it Wallis island The map is really inaccurate compare with File Wallis_ topographic-fr svg It may be the first map of Wallis island This map is from the book 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 <br> fr Carte des îles Wallis Uvea par Samuel Wallis 1773 Le capitaine Wallis aborde Uvea en 1767 et lui donne son nom La carte est erronée dans ses dimensions comparer avec File Wallis_ topographic-fr svg mais indique la présence du lagon et d'une passe à l'ouest ainsi que plusieurs petits îlots au nord et au sud d'où le nom d'îles Wallis au pluriel Il s'agit peut-être de la première carte de l'île de Wallis <br> Cette carte est extraite du livre 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 1773 http //www davidrumsey com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23982~870027 Wallis-s-Islands- qvq w4s /where 2FWallis 2BIslands 2B Wallis 2Band 2BFutuna 2BIslands ;lc RUMSEY~8~1 mi 0 trs 1 John Hawkesworth 1715 -1773 Samuel Wallis 1728-1795 other versions PD-old-70-1923 Old maps of Wallis and Futuna
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