M0000970: "Chart of the Southern Hemisphere shewing the Tracks of some of the most distinguished Navigators"

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Chart of the Southern Hemisphere made by Captain Cook.

Reproduction of a chart of the Southern Hemisphere made by Captain Cook (1728-1779). A caption is attached which reads: "Chart of the Southern Hemisphere showing the tracks of some of the most distinguished Navigators by Captain James Cook of his Majesty's Navy". The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930 but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

06 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.