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Lot#		Title		Subject/Creator		Date/Cond		Sold for:

707		Carte de la Cote N.O. de l'Amerique et de la Cote N.E. de l'Asie, Reconnues en 1778 et 1779'		North Pacific Ocean Cook/Benard		1785 B+		$190.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 26 x 15.2 inches) This large map is centered on the Bering Strait with soundings and dates that chart Cook's third voyage up the northern reach of the Pacific in his search for a Northwest Passage. Cook probed along the Oregon coast in bad weather to Nootka Sound, where he rested and refitted his ships. They sailed forth to the Alaskan and Chukotskiy peninsulas and from there into the Bering Strait. Cook reached...

708		Kaart van den Mond van Norton, en van de Engte van Bhering'		North Pacific Ocean Capt. James Cook		1801 A		$75.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 15 x 10.5 inches) Nice map of the Bering Strait from south of Norton Sound to north of Cap du Prince de Galles and the corresponding coastline of Russia. Features include hachure representing coastal mountains, islands, place names and soundings. St. Lawrence Island, Eilanden van Clerke is partially shown; other gaps exist along the continents. Tracks of both the 1778 and 1779 exploration are delin...

709		Plan of Easter Island / Plan of Cook's Bay		South Pacific Ocean - Easter Island Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse		1798 A		$210.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20 x 15 inches) Two plans on sheet, together with four profile views of Easter Island. Comte. Jean Francois Galoup de la Perouse, a French Navy Commander, visited Easter Island in April 1786 when he anchored in Cook's Bay. His visit was brief as there was no wood or water readily available with which to restock. The chart shows the location of his encampment at Cook's Bay. Published by G.G & J Robinson in the...

710		[Lot of 3] Chart of the Society Isles Discovered by Captn. Cook 1769 [and] Christmas Island... [and] Views on the Coast of Asia		Tahiti Cook/Hogg		1784 B+		$130.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 0 x 0 inches) An attractive group of maps showing areas in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean discovered by Captain Cook on his journeys. 1) Chart of the Society Isles Discovered by Captn. Cook is dated 1769 and features the Leeward group of the Society Islands (Tahiti), Tupai, Maupiti, Bora Bora, Tahaa and Huahine with all the harbors named. There is some faint foxing (13.75 x 8.5"). ...

711		Polynesia, or Islands in the Pacific Ocean		Pacific Islands John Tallis		1845 A		$180.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 13.8 x 10.3 inches) Very detailed map covering the South Pacific Ocean from the east coast of Australia to California. Scores of islands are located, including tiny islands and shoals. A delicately engraved border surrounds the map, with vignettes of Kalakakooa - Sandwich Islands, Otaheiti, Harbour of Dory - New Guinea, and Resolution Bay - Marguesas.

712		A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New Holland. Discovered and Explored by Lieutenant J. Cook, Commander of his Majesty's Bark Endeavor, in the Year MDCCLXX		Australia Capt. James Cook		1773 B+		$1,600.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 30.8 x 14.3 inches) This is the first published chart of the east coast of Australia from Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage in1768-71. The map shows the routes of the Endeavor with names bestowed by Cook, including Botany Bay, which was named for the large quantities of plants located there. The chart is oriented with north to the right by a delicate fleur-de-lis and soundings are located along the route. E...

713		Neu Sud-Wales		Australia, New South Wales Carl Flemming		1850 B		$110.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 12.8 x 15.5 inches) This early map focused on New South Wales shows the 19 early districts. A map of Sydney is inset at the lower right.

714		Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zeeland; 1773		New Zealand Capt. James Cook		1777 A		$425.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 14.8 x 8 inches) 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...

715		New Zealand		New Zealand A.K. Johnston		1845 B+		$230.00 Closed
Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot. (Size: 20 x 23.5 inches) A large map of New Zealand showing the early, transitional provinces of New Ulster, New Munster and New Leinster. These divisions were created in 1841 and abolished in 1853. The islands are also carrying their Maori names of Tavai Poenamo for the South Island, and Eaheino Mauwe for the North Island. The inset at lower right has small maps of Port Nicholson and Lyttelton, formerly ...