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New Zealand - A chart of New Guinea - Torres Strait - James Cook - 1st ed. 1773
New Zealand - A chart of New Guinea - Torres Strait - James Cook - 1st ed. 1773
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1st Edition and original print:
"A chart of Captn. Carteret's discoveries at New Britain, with part of Captn. Cooke's passage thro Endeavor Streights, & of Captn. Dampier's tract & discoveries in 1699, & 1700, at New Guinea and New Britain."Beautiful images from Carteret's and Cook's 1st Voyage
1773 Hawkesworth edition print from the 1st English (and 1st overall) edition of "A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty’s ship the Endeavour"
Good impression and clean image. Some foxing.
Print approx 63 x 22 cm
The image shows the Routes taken by Captain Carteret, Captaint Cook, and Captain Dampier around New Guinea in the 1700s. It includes the Torres strait and early mapping of the routes around New Guinea and New Britain.
