This Week in Travel History, Episode 4 - Captain Cook Maps Hawaii

Описание: It was this week 242 years ago when Captain James Cook and his crew finished their charts of Hawaii. Soon, for the first time, the Sandwich Islands would appear on world maps. My guest Bryant Neal, is a Hawaiian historian who brings out benchmark navigational charts and maps to show's Cook's voyages and the first map of Hawaii.
Important note: Bryant references the 1570 Abraham Ortelius map as the first printed map of the world. Note, it is actually "the first printed map of the world published in an atlas."