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of Mr. Webber were to be reduced by him to the 

 proper size j artists were next to be found out who 



consigned to me, I was directed to prepare it from the latest and 

 best authorities ; and also to introduce Captain Cook's three suc- 

 cessive tracts, that all his discoveries, and the different routs he 

 had taken might appear together ; by this means to give a general 

 idea of the whole. This task having been performed by me, it is 

 necessary, for the information of the reader, to state the heads of 

 the several authorities which I have followed in such parts of the 

 chart as differ from what was drawn up immediately under' the in- 

 spection of Captain Cook. And when the public are made ac- 

 quainted, that many materials, necessary to complete and elucidate 

 the work, were not at the time on board the Resolution, or in 

 his possession, the reason will appear very obvious, why these 

 alterations and additions were introduced contrary to the original 

 drawing. 



First, then, I have followed closely the very excellent and cor- 

 rect charts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean, published by Messrs. 

 de Verdun de la Crenne, de Borda, et Pringre in 1775 and 1776; 

 which comprise the coast of Norway from the Sud Hoek, in the 

 latitude of 62 degrees north, to Trelleburg, Denmark, the coast 

 of Holland, north coast of Great Britain, Orkneys, Shetland, Ferro 

 Isles, Iceland, coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, to Cape St. 

 Maria on the coast of Africa ; including the Azores, Canaries, 

 Cape de Verd, Antilles, and West Indian islands from Barbadoes 

 to the east end of Cuba ; the north part of Newfoundland and the 

 Labradore coast, as far as the latitude of 57 north. 



Ireland, and part of the coast of Scotland, is laid down from 

 Mr. Mackenzie's late surveys ; and the south coast of England 

 from a chart published by Mr. Faden in 1780, taken from 

 M. I'Abbe Dicquemare. 



The north part of the coast of Labradore, from the latitude of 

 57 north, to Button's Islands in the entrance of Hudson's Strait, 

 is taken from Monsieur Bellin's chart, as is also the north coast of 

 Norway and Lapland,, including the White Sea, Gulph of Bothnia, 

 Baltic Sea, and the east coast of Greenland. 



The Gulf of Finland, from a large (MS.) chart, now engraving 

 for the use of some private merchants. 



The West India islands, from the east end of Cuba to the west 

 end, including Jamaica and the Bahama islands, are from a chart 

 published in London by Sayer and Bennett in 1779. 



The south side of Cuba, from Point Gorda to Cape de Cruz, is 

 laid down from Monsieur Bellin, in 1762. 



The coasts of Newfoundland, and the Gulf of St. Laurence, 

 from the surveys made by Captain Cook, and Messrs. Gilbert and 

 Lane. 



Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Island of St. John, River St. Lau- 

 rence, Canada, and New England to the River Delaware, from 



