A. Carta della Isole Malouine Dette dagl' Inglesi Isole Falkland, by Philippe de la Rue, circa 1775 (13.6 x 8.8"). This is a rare Italian edition of La Rue's chart of the Falkland islands, originally published in 1771. The simple chart shows only a partial outline of the western island and identifies only a few place names. The map is decorated with a simple title cartouche, rhumb lines, and a fleur-de-lys. Condition: A dark impression, issued folding on watermarked paper with minor scattered foxing along the sheet's edges and a binding trim in the right blank margin.

B. Carte des Decouvertes Faites dans l'Ocean Atlantique du Sud, sur le Vaisseau du Roi la Resolution Commande par le Capitaine Cook, en 1775, by Cook/Benard, from Voyage dans l'Hemisphere Austral ... Tome Quatrieme, published 1778 (13.2 x 12.3"). This chart details the track of H.M.S. Resolute between the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia. Cook claimed South Georgia for the Kingdom of Great Britain, naming it the "Isle of Georgia" in honor of King George III. He named the Sandwich Islands "Sandwich Land" after the 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty. This British overseas territory is in a remote and inhospitable portion of the southern Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles east-south-east of Terra del Fuego. The islands are uninhabited save for a small British contingent to support the British Antarctic Survey who maintains a base at Bird Island. Argentina's claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War. Condition: Issued folding on paper with a bunch of grapes watermark and a hint of toning and offsetting.

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