With 34 engraved charts & maps (14 folding) & 60 engraved views, portraits, etc. (13 folding; come comprised of several engravings joined together). 27.5x43 cm (11x16½"), 20th century calf. Assemblage of the important charts and engravings from the frist two voyages to the Pacific of James Cook communicating the critical cartographic discoveries and providing some of the earliest views of the land and peoples of Polynesia and the vast Southern Sea. Includes charts of New Zealand, Philippines, straits of Magellan, coast of Australia, Tahiti and the Society Islands, and more; view of the island nations, early interactions and conflict with the natives, portraits of notable and ordinary denizens, tools and artifacts. etc.
With 34 engraved charts & maps (14 folding) & 60 engraved views, portraits, etc. (13 folding; come comprised of several engravings joined together). 27.5x43 cm (11x16½"), 20th century calf. Assemblage of the important charts and engravings from the frist two voyages to the Pacific of James Cook communicating the critical cartographic discoveries and providing some of the earliest views of the land and peoples of Polynesia and the vast Southern Sea. Includes charts of New Zealand, Philippines, straits of Magellan, coast of Australia, Tahiti and the Society Islands, and more; view of the island nations, early interactions and conflict with the natives, portraits of notable and ordinary denizens, tools and artifacts. etc.
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