NEW ZEALAND : JAMES COOK: “Carte de la N.le Zelande visitée en 1769 et 1770 par le Lieutenant J. Cook Commandant de l’Endeavour vaißeau de la Majesté”

Lot #801 - NEW ZEALAND : JAMES COOK: “Carte de la N.le Zelande visitée en 1769 et 1770 par le Lieutenant J. Cook Commandant de l’Endeavour vaißeau de la Majesté”

Auction House:

Leski Auctions
Sale Name:

Australian & Historical
Sale Date:

29 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 684
30 May 2021 ~ 11am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 685 - 1314
Lot #:

801
Lot Description:

NEW ZEALAND : JAMES COOK: “Carte de la N.le Zelande visitée en 1769 et 1770 par le Lieutenant J. Cook Commandant de l’Endeavour vaißeau de la Majesté”
James COOK Published Paris, 1774; Engraved by Robert Benard.
49 x 38cm
Notes:

The original French edition of James Cook’s Chart of New Zealand, from the first French edition of Hawkesworth’s Voyages. This is the first French edition of the most important single map in New Zealand’s history and the first complete map of the two islands’ coastlines. It confirmed that New Zealand was not part of a mysterious southern continent and records some of the earliest interactions between Europeans and Maoris.
Estimate:

A$2,000 - 2,500
Realised Price:

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Category:

Books & Manuscripts

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