Tonga Island Capt. Cook Amsterdam Island Middleton 1778
Title: Inhabitants of Amsterdam Island in the South Seas, with some of their small Vessels. Viz. 1. A Fishing Proa. 2. A Vessel with a Sail at Anchor. 3. A Vessel without a Sail at Anchor.
Description: Original Antique print of Tonga or Amsterdam Island.
Discovered on March 18 1522 by Juan Sebastien De el Cano on board the Victoria. The log of Francisco Alvo, Victoria's navigator, when sailing from Timor to the Cape.
On June 17 1633, the Dutchman Van Diemen while sailing to Java, passed between Amsterdam & St Paul aboard his ship New Amsterdam, and gave this name to the northernmost of the two islands.
Published: Charles Theodore Middleton. London. Copperplate engraved print, hand colored. 16th -17th -18th-19th Century maps & atlases & prints. Authentic Antique Old Maps & Prints from the past.
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Size: Leaf app.: 24 x 37 cm. 9.5 x 14.5 inches. Image app.: 15 x 28 cm. 6 x 11 inches. Condition: View overall very good, light spotted border.
