The 'pirate' Dublin edition of the First Printed map of Hawaii (Owhyhee)

COOK, Captain James.

Chart of the Sandwich Islands.
Dublin: The United Company of Booksellers, 1784. 280 x 480mm.

A very fine example.

One of the earliest printed chart of Cook's route around the Hawaiian islands, which he discovered in November 1778, with an inset of Karakakooa Bay, where he met his death in February 1779. The islands are named: Owyhee, Mowee, Morotoi, Ranai, Woahoo, Atooi and Oneeheow.
The map was engraved by J. Butler for the Irish pirate edition of the account of Cook's third voyage. The United Company of Booksellers was a loose conglomeration of publishers: the National Library of Canada states the 1784 Dublin edition was published by H. Chamberlaine and 26 others!


Stock ID : 7850