Voyages Cook. New Caledonia Commandé par le Captain Cook 1774

Voyages Cook. New Caledonia Commandé par le Captain Cook 1774

Title: Carte des Découvertes faites dans la Mer Pacific sur les vaiseau de Roi, La Resolution, Commandé par le Captain Cook en 1774.

Description: Large copper map of the discoveries of Captain James Cook in the Pacific to New-Caledonia and the New Hebrides Islands.
The routes with the with the HMS Resolution are shown in dotted line.

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 plates and maps numbered almost half double-page or folding)

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)

Australasia, Oceania & Pacific Islands Antique Prints.

16th -17th -18th-19th Century maps & atlases & prints.
We sell guaranteed Absolutely Original authentic Maps and Prints.
A Certificate of Authenticity ( COA ) will be supplied on request.
Size:
Sheet app.: 50 x 40 cm. 19.75 x 15.75 inches.
Image app.: 46 x 36 cm. 18 x 14 inches.
Condition: A museum-quality example of an antique map in exceptional condition.