Catalog Archive
Auction 126, Lot 37
Print View

"Die Beyden Halbkugeln. Anzeige der Drey Reisen Cooks", Mollo, Tranquillo

Subject: World

Period: 1818 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18 x 13 inches
45.7 x 33 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

An uncommon double-hemisphere map that shows the tracks of all of Capt. Cook's expeditions in the Pacific from 1768-1780 in the Polynesian Islands, Antarctica and the Pacific Northwest. The coastlines of Australia and New Zealand are complete. The map is filled with placenames, particularly along the coasts, and topographically, only bodies of water are indicated inland.

References:

Condition: B+

Original hand coloring with some minor soil in the bottom of the map a couple of tiny wormholes.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/3/2008

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap