A new chart of the South Pacific Ocean : Including Hustralasia, the East India Islands, Polynesia, and the western coast of South America. Additions to 1857.

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A new chart of the South Pacific Ocean : Including Hustralasia, the East India Islands, Polynesia, and the western coast of South America. Additions to 1857.

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Shows many tracks of unknown vessels, as well as the "great circle tracks." Many island groups are shown, though a printed note warns that their positions are "based on uncertain authority" and therefore shouldn't be taken as fact.
Courtesy of New Bedford Whaling Museum

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1849
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