Captain James Cook.- Maps

A collection of 25 maps & scenes relating to Cook’s voyages and the Pacific, including:

Hawkesworth (John) A chart of the islands discover'd in the neighbourhood of Otaheite…, from ‘An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty’, Strachan & Cadell, 1773; with others from the same publication: River Thames and Mercury Bay in New Zealand; Chart of the Society Isles, discovered by by Lieut. J.Cook, 1769; Matavia Bay in Otaheite; Philipp (J. D.) Riviere Tamise et Baye Mercure a la Nle. Zelande, German Edition, Nuremberg, 1774; Benard (Robert, engraver) Carte d'une partie de la cote de la N.le. Galles Merid.le, from ‘Geschichte der See-Reisen und Entdeckungen’, 1774; Bonne (Rigobert) Carte de la Terre Van-Diemen, hand-coloured, Paris, 1787; Bradley (William) Norfolk Island / S.End of Norfolk Island, published by J. Stockdale, 1789; van Baarsel (C., engraver) Kaart van een gedeelte van de Kust van Nieuw Zuid Wales, Dutch Edition, Leiden and Amsterdam, c.1797; with others similar, some spotting, v.s. (25)