"Carte de la Nouvelle Zeelande", Bonne, Rigobert
Subject: New Zealand
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.2 x 13.5 inches
23.4 x 34.3 cm
This scarce, detailed chart of the islands shows the track of Captain Cook's first voyage. The map is finely engraved with detail and includes four insets showing the Coromandel Peninsula (here called Riviere de la Tamise et de la Baye de Mercure), Cook Strait, Bay of Islands, and Tolaga Bay. The waters are filled with soundings and anchorages. Engraved by Andre.
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Condition: B+
A nice impression on watermarked paper with light toning, a damp stain along the right edge of the sheet, and a number of worm tracks confined to the right blank margin that have been professionally infilled.
