[New South Wales]. [COOK, Captain James]

Entrée de la Riviere Endeavour dans la Nle. Galles Mérid., Lat 15d. 26' Sud. [and] Baye de Botanique dans la Nle. Galles Méridionale, Lat 34d. 00' Sud

[Paris, Chez Saillant et Nyon ... chez Panckoucke, 1774].

A two-panel engraved map (printed surface 138 × 332 mm, sheet size 252 × 363 mm).

Vertical centrefold crease, as issued; slight indentations to both panels; very slightly tanned and marked at the edges; in excellent condition.

The two panels of the map show the Endeavour River (where Cook beached the 'Endeavour' for repairs after striking the Great Barrier Reef in 1770) and Botany Bay respectively. 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. 17').

Tooley 343; see Beddie 659.

Item #143636

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