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Map of South Pole plus much on the Revolutionary War...
Map of South Pole plus much on the Revolutionary War...
Item # 717326
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, January, 1776
* American Revolutionary War
* Captain James Cook vogage
* South Pole map - HMS Resolution
This is a fine issue from this significant year of the Revolutionary War, with much war-related content.
Included are two pages on an: "Act for Prohibiting all Trade with America" which is followed by an: "Act of Massachusetts Bay for Fitting out Armed Vessels" which takes 3 pages.
Also reported here is a: "Declaration of the Continental Congress on a late Proclamation" from England, datelined Philadelphia, Dec. 6, 1775, being their heated response to the King declaring the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
There is some great text including: "We the delegates of the 13 United Colonies...have taken into our most serious consideration a proclamation issued from the court of St. James's on the 23d day of August...We are accused of 'forgetting the allegiance which we owe to the power that has protected & sustained us'...What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to parliament! We never owed--we never owned it. Allegiance to our King! our words have ever avowed it...We condemn & with arms in our hands...we oppose the claim & exercise of unconstitutional powers to which neither the crown or parliament were ever entitled..." with much more.
Included also is a nice article on the: "Journal of the Resolution's Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" which was Captain James Cook's voyage, the text taking over 4 pages. It is accompanied by a very nice foldout map titled: "A Map of the South Pole, with the Track of His Majesty's Sloop Resolution in Search of the Southern Continent". This map measures 9 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, some light foxing, and some ink-offsetting from having been folded into itself for nearly 250 years. Good condition.
Over 4 pages are taken up with an: "Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists since the Passing the Boston Port Bill" which is continued from an earlier issue. This report has much on the Revolutionary War and includes the very significant proclamation from Lord Dunmore of Virginia in which he allowed Negroes to serve in his army.
His full proclamation can be seen in the photos, with the significant portion including: "...And I do hereby farther declare all indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels) free, that are able & willing to bear arms, they joining his Majesty's troops as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this colony to a proper sense of their duty..." with more. Additionally, this report includes: "...The troops from Bunker's Hill went into winter quarters a very few days before I quitted Boston...A letter from Rhode Island gives an account of a plundering party of cruizers..." and much more.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/contents page, 5 by 8 1/2 inches, nice condition.
AI notes: This historic map, featured in the January 1776 issue of The Gentleman’s Magazine, illustrates the groundbreaking second voyage of Captain James Cook (1772–1775) aboard the HMS Resolution. As one of the first detailed polar projections of its time, it traces Cook’s zig-zagging route across the Antarctic Circle as he systematically dismantled the long-held myth of Terra Australis Incognita—a massive, fertile southern continent. By pushing further south than any previous explorer and circumnavigating the globe at high latitudes, Cook proved that if a southern landmass existed, it was a frozen wasteland rather than a habitable territory. The map serves as a primary scientific record of the era, marking the transition from speculative geography to the modern era of polar exploration.
* American Revolutionary War
* Captain James Cook vogage
* South Pole map - HMS Resolution
This is a fine issue from this significant year of the Revolutionary War, with much war-related content.
Included are two pages on an: "Act for Prohibiting all Trade with America" which is followed by an: "Act of Massachusetts Bay for Fitting out Armed Vessels" which takes 3 pages.
Also reported here is a: "Declaration of the Continental Congress on a late Proclamation" from England, datelined Philadelphia, Dec. 6, 1775, being their heated response to the King declaring the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
There is some great text including: "We the delegates of the 13 United Colonies...have taken into our most serious consideration a proclamation issued from the court of St. James's on the 23d day of August...We are accused of 'forgetting the allegiance which we owe to the power that has protected & sustained us'...What allegiance is it that we forget? Allegiance to parliament! We never owed--we never owned it. Allegiance to our King! our words have ever avowed it...We condemn & with arms in our hands...we oppose the claim & exercise of unconstitutional powers to which neither the crown or parliament were ever entitled..." with much more.
Included also is a nice article on the: "Journal of the Resolution's Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" which was Captain James Cook's voyage, the text taking over 4 pages. It is accompanied by a very nice foldout map titled: "A Map of the South Pole, with the Track of His Majesty's Sloop Resolution in Search of the Southern Continent". This map measures 9 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, some light foxing, and some ink-offsetting from having been folded into itself for nearly 250 years. Good condition.
Over 4 pages are taken up with an: "Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists since the Passing the Boston Port Bill" which is continued from an earlier issue. This report has much on the Revolutionary War and includes the very significant proclamation from Lord Dunmore of Virginia in which he allowed Negroes to serve in his army.
His full proclamation can be seen in the photos, with the significant portion including: "...And I do hereby farther declare all indented servants, Negroes, or others (appertaining to rebels) free, that are able & willing to bear arms, they joining his Majesty's troops as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this colony to a proper sense of their duty..." with more. Additionally, this report includes: "...The troops from Bunker's Hill went into winter quarters a very few days before I quitted Boston...A letter from Rhode Island gives an account of a plundering party of cruizers..." and much more.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/contents page, 5 by 8 1/2 inches, nice condition.
AI notes: This historic map, featured in the January 1776 issue of The Gentleman’s Magazine, illustrates the groundbreaking second voyage of Captain James Cook (1772–1775) aboard the HMS Resolution. As one of the first detailed polar projections of its time, it traces Cook’s zig-zagging route across the Antarctic Circle as he systematically dismantled the long-held myth of Terra Australis Incognita—a massive, fertile southern continent. By pushing further south than any previous explorer and circumnavigating the globe at high latitudes, Cook proved that if a southern landmass existed, it was a frozen wasteland rather than a habitable territory. The map serves as a primary scientific record of the era, marking the transition from speculative geography to the modern era of polar exploration.
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