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Interesting map of America, published shortly after the dissemination of the Official Account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage.
The map retains the location of Mendana's Land west of Hawaii, a reference to a pre-Cook Spanish expedition that may have touched on Hawaii in the 16th Century, but for which the details remain debated among scholars.
On the northwest Coast of America, the River of the West, extending from Lake Winnipeg to the Pacific is shown, as is the "Tortolas River," extending from Woods Lake (Lake of the Woods) to the California Coastline, with no sign of the Rocky Mountains given.
In the Arctic Regions, no defined coastline is shown west of Hudson's Bay.
James Whittle (1757-1818) was a British engraver and map printer. Whittle was employed by Robert Sayer (ca. 1725-1794). Together with Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), he took on Sayer’s business when the older man died in 1794. The two traded together as Laurie & Whittle until 1812, when Laurie retired. They had specialized in sea charts and maritime atlases. Whittle then partnered with Laurie’s son, Richard Holmes Laurie, until he died in 1818.
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