Description
A map of Dusky Bay, visited by James Cook in 1773. From a Dutch edition of ‘Cook's voyages'.
Schets van de Donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland 1773. Nicolas Bellin's map of the Marianas islands with an inset map of Guam. A view of Easter Island, of men of Hapahee in a fighting contest and a plan of a Tahitian war proha. Together 6 maps / views of the Pacific Ocean.
Captain James Cook (1728-79), explorer, circumnavigator and hydrographer. Three voyages, 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79. From 1778 on printed editions of ' Captain Cook's Travels' appeared in English, Italian, French and Dutch.
Jean François Galoup, Comte de la Pérouse (1741-88), outstanding French explorer and hydrographer. ' Voyage autour du Monde…Atlas', 1797. La Perouse commanded a French scientific expedition to the Pacific in 1785-88. Recognized as one the foremost naval commanders and navigators in France, he was selected by King Louis XVI to complete Captain James Cook's exploration of the western Pacific. He explored the coasts of the Gulf of Alaska and northwestern North America in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. After leaving America his expedition crossed the Pacific Occean.
Carte de I;Isle Necker, part of the Hawaiian archipelago
A large chart from La Pérouse's 'Voyage autour du Monde', depicting the island of Necker, part of the Hawaiian archipelago, discovered by la Perouse on November 4th, 1786. Ref.: Fitzpatrick, The Early Mapping of Hawai'i, p. 30, plate 11.
[lot of 6] maps & prints / views of the Pacific Ocean.
- Schets van de donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland- carte de toutes les découvertes. (Tome 119, page 298)- Carte de la L’Archipel de St Lazare
- Vuist gevegt van de inboorlingen van Hapaee
- Oude gedenktekenen op het Paasch-Eiland
- Tekeningen van plan en doorsnede van de BRITANNIA (een dubbele Otahitische oorlog-kano).