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Auction 171, Lot 733
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"Carte des Isles Decouvertes aux Environs d'Otahiti, dans Plusieurs Voyages Faits Autour du Monde par les Capitaines Byron, Wallis, Carteret et Cook. En 1765. 1767. 1769"

Subject: Pacific Islands, Tahiti

Period: 1774 (circa)

Publication: Account of the Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.3 x 9.4 inches
51.6 x 23.9 cm
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This chart depicts the Society Islands, including Tahiti, and the tracks of Commodore Byron, Capt. Cook, Capt. Carteret, and Capt. Wallis. It was drawn on a Mercator projection with titles and text in both German and French. Published in John Hawkesworth's An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light soiling and printer's ink residue.

Estimate: $50 - $70

Sold for: $55

Closed on 2/6/2019

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