Carte de la Nle. Galles Meridle. ou de la Côte Orientale de la Nle. Hollande, découverte et visitée par le Lieutenant J. Cook, Commandant de l'Endeavour, Vaisseau de sa Majesté en 1770
[Paris, Chez Saillant et Nyon ... chez Panckoucke, 1774] (first thus).
An original map (printed surface 365 × 771 mm, sheet size approximately 410 × 830 mm), engraved under the direction of Robert Bénard.
Trimmed outside the plate-mark, leaving ample margins; vertical and horizontal folds; a couple of trifling spots of foxing; small production flaw to the edge of the right-hand margin; some very faint offsetting and other trifling signs of age; in near-fine condition.
A map of the east coast of Australia (from Point Hicks to Cape Cornwall by way of Botany Bay and Port Jackson) as charted by Cook on his first voyage. It comes from the first French edition of the official account of the voyage, 'Relation des voyages entrepris ... pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional' ('Tome III. Pl. 16'). Tooley 342; see Beddie 659.
Item #143635
Price (AUD):
$500.00