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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 124 - closed 5/7/2008

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Lot #714: "Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zeeland; 1773" Capt. James Cook

Antique map chart Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zeeland 1773
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Estimate:
$250.00 - $350.00
Sold for: $425.00

Lot 714
By: Capt. James Cook
Subject: New Zealand
Date: 1777

Publication: A New, Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 14.8 x 8 inches
37.6 x 20.4 cm

A remarkable and early chart of the area centered on Resolution Island in today's Fiordland National Park on the southern island. Featuring the complex geography of the fiords, it names Long Island, Point Five Fingers, Break-Sea Island, Gilbert Isles, Wetjacket Arm, Coopers Island, and much more. An inset details Pickersgill Harbour with a fleur-de-lis and soundings in fathoms. Engraved in 1776 by W. Whitchurch and published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777.

A good impression on sound paper.

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