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780 De Eilanden Maldives of Voormuur van Indien met der selver tussen-gelegen Zeen Indian Ocean Pieter van der Aa 1707 A   $170.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 6 inches) This finely engraved map illustrates the region Diego Lopez de Sequeira visited in 1518 when he became the governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. The map covers the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the Nicobars Islands, and northern Sumatra. Embellished with a pictorial title cartouche.

781 Carte des Costes de Perse, Guzarat et Malabar' Indian Ocean Bellin/Van Schley 1773 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.7 x 9.5 inches) A Dutch edition of this charming map of the Arabian Sea with the coasts of Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and India from C. Jaskes to C. Komorin. Includes a good depiction of the Maldives and the Laquedives. The very large title cartouche features a fanciful seahorse and a merman, with dragonfly-winged wind heads above.

782 Pascaert vande Zuyd Zee en een Gedeelte van Brasil van Ilhas de Ladrones tot R. de la Plata' Pacific Ocean Johannes van Keulen 1680 C+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23 x 20 inches) Dramatic sea chart of the Pacific Ocean that also covers both coasts of North America and most of South America. The large island of California is presented on the second Sanson model with an indented northern coastline and the Straet Anian above it. In the upper left corner, the spurious coastlines of Eso and Compagnies Land appear north of Japan. The Ilhas de Ladrones (islands o...

783 A Chart, Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries in the Pacific Ocean, Made by Capt. Cook, and Capt. Clerke in his Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 Pacific Ocean 1782 B   $350.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 13.8 inches) This map covers the whole Pacific and focuses on the discoveries of Capt. Cook during his three voyages in the Pacific, in which he charted the eastern coastline of Australia and much of the northwest coast of North America, circumnavigated New Zealand, and discovered numerous Pacific islands including the Hawaiian Islands. The map was included in William Ellis' account of Captain Cook’s third vo...

784 [Lot 6 - Pacific Views] Pacific Ocean Alexander Hogg 1785   $140.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 8 inches) This lot is a set of views from Capt. James Cook's expeditions in the Pacific Ocean. The lot includes: 1) A Representation of the Attack on Captn. Wallis in the Dolphin by the Natives of Otaheite. (12.8 x 8") A three-masted ship in Tahiti's harbor fires cannons on the surrounding canoes. A large canoe appears to be the Royal boat. Engraved by Sparrow. A little soiling near top an...

785 Part of the Pacific Ocean between California and the Philippine Islands' Pacific Ocean Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse 1798 B+   $200.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 19 x 13.5 inches) This interesting sheet contains two maps that cover the same area of the central Pacific. The top chart shows the routes of the Spanish galleons from Acapulco to the Philippines along with the track of Commodore Anson. This chart does not show the Hawaiian Islands, as they were unknown to the Spanish. The bottom chart shows La Perouse's route from Monterey, through Hawaii and the Mariannes, to ...

786 Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean John Arrowsmith 1851 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 23.5 x 18 inches) An informative map of the Pacific and surrounding continents in Arrowsmith's typically precise and scientific fashion. The date of the first land fall for many islands is noted, including many recent dates in the Antarctic area. Sheet shows all of New Zealand and Australia, the East Indies to Java and Borneo (but not Sumatra), the Philippines and Japan. In North America the map provides fine d...

787 Oceanie South Pacific Ocean Victor Levasseur 1850 A   $75.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16.8 x 11.2 inches) This map covers the entire South Pacific including Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. The map is surrounded by beautifully rendered steel engraved scenes that feature the natives of the region, portraits of French explorers and a harbor vignette.

788 Die Viti-oder Fiji-Inseln South Pacific Ocean Petermann 1869 A+   $50.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 10 inches) With typically fine engraving, this German produced chart shows remarkable detail throughout. There is a small amount of hand coloring in outline. A large number of islands in the archipelago are shown; locates Fiji, Labasa and all of the lesser islands including the Lau Group. Two distance scales. Inset at upper left is of the vicinity of Hamburg, Germany for an unknown reason.

789 Carte de l'Isle O-Taiti Pacific Islands, Tahiti Rigobert Bonne 1787 A   $190.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9.3 inches) This handsome map is a remarkably accurate and early map of Tahiti. It presents the information Capt. James Cook gathered when he spent several months on the island observing the transit of Venus. The detail on the map includes topography and the depiction of reefs, anchorages and soundings. The map of Moorea is less accurate. Inset maps are of harbors and anchorages on the two islands. This ...

790 [Untitled - North Pacific Ocean] Fol. I.D. Fig. I. North Pacific Ocean Scherer 1703 A   $1,100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13.5 x 9 inches) This bizarre and unusual map shows a mirror image of the North Pacific with the coastlines of America and Asia reversed, as if viewed from the center of the earth. The island of California is depicted with a heavily indented coastline. Japan has a curious shape with Honshu joined to a bulbous shaped Hokkaido by a narrow isthmus. The seas are filled with strange creatures and exquisitely ...

791 A Chart of the Pacific Ocean from the Equinoctial to the Latitude of 39 1/2d. No. North Pacific Ocean George Anson 1748 B+   $500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 34.7 x 10.5 inches) Unusual chart on two joined sheets detailing the route of Spanish galleons between the Philippines and Acapulco. The tracks of British Navy Commodore George Anson and Spanish Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga are shown. Engraved by R. W. Seale. In 1740 Anson set sail in command of a squadron sent to attack Spanish possessions and interests in South America. The expedition was ill-equip...

792 A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte & others, by M. De l'Isle North Pacific Ocean Joseph Nicholas Delisle 1754 A   $80.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 9.6 x 7.6 inches) This fascinating map details the discoveries of Tchirikow, Bering, Bernarda, Spanberg and others. The major focus of the map is on Admiral Bartholomew de Fonte's purported exploration of the Pacific Northwest. In 1708, a newly discovered account of the Spanish Admiral's 1640 expedition was published. It was actually a hoax, but thereafter the account was elaborated upon by numerous mapmakers. ...

793 [Lot of 3] Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte' [and] Nouvelle Representation des Cotes Nord et Est de L'Asie, pour servir d'eclaircissement' [and] Partie de la Carte du Capitaine Cluny' North Pacific, Alaska and Arctic Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1772 passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Three great maps from this interesting series of map prepared by Didier Robert de Vaugondy. 1) Carte Generale des Decouvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte, et autre Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes' This is one of the more remarkable combinations of fact and fiction ever published. This map of the North Pacific and Northwest had as its source a 1708 article in the Monthly ...

794 Carte de l'Ocean Pacifique au Nord de l'Equateur; et des Cotes' North Pacific Ocean Tobias Conrad Lotter 1781 B+   $600.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 20 x 18.5 inches) A rarely seen chart of the North Pacific that includes parts of China, Siberia, Alaska and the coast of North America to below San Blas, Mexico. In Asia, it extends to include the northern part of Borneo. Of special interest is the uncommon depiction of icebergs "Continent de Glace ferme" wedged in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia. This is the first folio map to show Cook's third voy...

795 Carte des Cotes de l'Amerique et de l'Asie depuis la Californie jusqu a Macao North Pacific Ocean Jean Francois Galoup, Comte La Perouse 1797 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 27 x 19.8 inches) This large-scale map shows the extent of La Perouse's expedition in the North Pacific. It covers the western coast of America from the Gulf of California to Alaska, and the east coast of Asia from Tartary to Canton, including Formosa, Japan and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). The tracks of the La Boussole and L'Astrolabe are shown. Engraved by Tardieu.

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