Carte Des Isles Decouvertes Aux Environs D'Otahiti Wallis Cook

Captain Cook discoveries Old map Environs D'Otahiti 1774

Title: Carte Des Isles Decouvertes Aux Environs D'Otahiti, dans Plusieurs Voyages Faits Autour Du Monde Par Les Capitaines Byron Wallis, Carteret & Cook. En 1765, 1767,1769.

Description: Copper engraved map of the discoveries around The World, the map shows the voyages of Capt. Wallis, Captain Carteret, Lieutenant Cook, Commodore Byron and Capt. Mouat, Georg Byron to the islands in the Pacific Oceans halfway between South America and Australia.

This is an original engraving from the time as listed, not a later 1800 edition.

Origin one of the first editions of : Voyage das L’Hemisphere Austral, et autour du Monde,
fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, L, Aventure & la Resolution…
Ecrit par Jacques Cook, Commedant de la Resolution…

Engraved by Robert Bernard.dir(ex)
(First engraver after the sketches and paintings of locations by William Hodges he visited on that voyage with Cook)

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Size:
Sheet app.: 53 x 25 cm. 20.75 x 10 inches.
Image app.: 51 x 24 cm. 20 x 9.25 inches.
Condition: Fine strong engraving on good condition. Visible folds as published.

Engraved by Robert Bernard.dir(ex)
(First engraver after the sketches and paintings of locations by William Hodges he visited on that voyage with Cook)

In three voyages James Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously achieved. As he progressed on his voyages of discovery he surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.

James Cook was killed in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific in 1779. He left a legacy of scientific and geographical knowledge which was to influence his successors well into the 20th century and numerous memorials worldwide have been dedicated to him.
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Size:
Sheet app.: 53 x 25 cm. 20.75 x 10 inches.
Image app.: 51 x 24 cm. 20 x 9.25 inches.
Condition: Fine strong engraving on good condition. Visible folds as published.