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[The attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.]

Scarce print on French text sheet showing the attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in the first Fre...

$200 / ≈ €176

Maker / Publisher: HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622

[Locals.]

Scarce print on French text sheet showing a copper engraved view of locals in Oceania.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in first French t...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: HERRERA y TORDESILLAS, A. de
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622

Cocos Insel Cocos Insula / Verräter Insel Insula proditorum.

Scarce print (148x204mm.) on a German text sheet showing the landing of Le Maire and Schouten at Cocos Island in May 1616 (today’s Tafahi in the Tonga Islands). Named b...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1631

[The attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.]

Scarce print (145x210mm.) on a German text sheet showing the attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.The page is taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's ...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1631

Vligen Insel.

Scarce print (168x200mm.) on a German text sheet showing the attack of mosquitos on Schouten's ship.The page is taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's &q...

$75 / ≈ €66

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M. Merian, 1631

[The description of Horn's Island].

This was a charming and beautiful island, full of coconuts, upas-root and wild pigs, which the natives either offered or sold to the Dutch. The natives seemed very wild a...

$125 / ≈ €110

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

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[The natives eat, drink and dance for their king].

Food was carried on the natives’ heads as they humbly crept forward on their knees to greet the Dutch. The drink, called cava, was made from a certain plant, which they...

$80 / ≈ €70

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

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[The Dutch are received at another island in Samoa].

On visiting another island [in Samoa] the Dutch were made heartily welcome by the king and all the inhabitants. A king of another neighbouring island also called to meet ...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

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[The adventures of the Dutch at 'Bottomless' island in Samoa].

The Dutch arrived at an island [in Samoa] fringed with wild vines on which there were native men with long hair and native women with short hair. Because the water surrou...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633

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.Pascaerte Vande Zuyd-Zee tusschen California, en Ilhas de Ladrones. . .

A decorative and most interesting map - being one of the earliest of the Pacific to record the observations of Tasman's voyages. The northern part of the island of Califo...

$5000 / ≈ €4402

Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

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L'Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes.

Decorative map depicting from the southern pole to the Equator with good detail, and showing all the political divisions.Showing South America, southern Africa, the west ...

$1000 / ≈ €880

Maker / Publisher: COVENS, J. / MORTIER, C.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745

Coffre Sculpté des Habitants de la nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 13.]

A carved chest of New Zealand, as a specimen of the carving of the country. Engraving drawn after John Frederick Miller (1759-1796). John Frederick Miller was an English ...

$25 / ≈ €22

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Hausse-col militaire des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 12.]

Maori warrior rise-collar. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement ...

$25 / ≈ €22

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]

Divers tools. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pou...

$15 / ≈ €13

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.]

From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des d�...

$25 / ≈ €22

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Le Capitaine Wallis est attaqué dans le Dauphin par les Otahitiens. [Tome II Pl. 1ère.]

Scene of an attack by local Tahitians on Captain Wallis' Dolphin ship off Tahiti's shore. Samuel Wallis (1728-95), a Royal Navy Captain and a skilled navigator was given ...

$150 / ≈ €132

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusieurs Pirogues. [Tome II Pl. 11.]

View of the Island of Tahiti and dugouts. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britanniqu...

$75 / ≈ €66

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]

A view on the Island of Ulietea, French Polynesia, of a dugout boat house and a beautifully engraved pirogue at sea. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage ...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Vue de l'Isle d'Huaheine avec La Maison de Dieu, et un petit Autel couvert d'offrandes. [Tome III Pl. 4.]

A view of the Island of Huaheine, Tahiti, a beautiful tropical Owharra tree in the foreground and a depiction of the House of God with its offertory. From the French edit...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Vue d'un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 8.]

A view of a New Zealand landscape and seascape through a hollow rock. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voy...

$30 / ≈ €26

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.]

A view of a Tahitian funeral home in a beautiful landscape. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entre...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Vue d'un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 8.]

A view of a New Zealand landscape and seascape through a hollow rock. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voy...

$75 / ≈ €66

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

Carte d'une Partie de la Côte, de la Nle Galles Meridle depuis le Cap Tribulation jusqu'au Detroit de l'Endeavour par le Lieut. J. Cook 1770. Tome IV. Pl. 3.

Map of a part of the New galles Meridle Coastline in Australia from the Cap Tribulation to the Endeavour Detroit. This map is taken from the first French edition of Jame...

$200 / ≈ €176

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

Isles des Cocos appellée Bosscaiven par le Capitaine Wallis / Isles des Traîtres appellée Keppel par le Capitaine Wallis. Tome II Pl. 4.

Chart of the Cocos and Keeppel Islands. The territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia. This map is ...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

Village fortifié bâti sur un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 10.]

A view of a village fortified on a hollow rock in New Zealand. Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des ...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

Cession de l'Isle d'Ohahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. [Tome II Pl. 2.]

The Queen Oberea's transfer ceremony on Tahiti to Captain Wallis.Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation de...

$50 / ≈ €44

Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1774

La Nuova Zelanda tracorsa nel 1769 e 1770 dal Cook commandante dell' Endeavour Vascello di S.M.Britannica.

Antonio Zatta’s map of New Zealand is not only one of the first to show the results of Cook’s voyages, but is also one of the most attractive of the islands. Consider...

$1100 / ≈ €969

Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venise, 1778

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Carte de l'Entrée de Norton, et du Detroit de Bhering ou Von vou le Cap le plus oriental de l'Asie, et la Pointe la plus occidentale de l'Amerique.

Early detailed map of the passage between Asia and the NW Coast of America, including nice topographical details and the day by day tracks of Cook through the region in 1...

$300 / ≈ €264

Maker / Publisher: BERNARD, J.F. / COOK, Capt.
Place & Date: Paris, 1785

Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left]. Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. . .

Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left]. Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud [to right]. Li Vomini di questa Isola...

$275 / ≈ €242

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Th.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.

Full portrait of a woman, native of the island of Erramanga in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original ...

$250 / ≈ €220

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of a woman, a native of the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Will...

$250 / ≈ €220

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.

Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Wi...

$250 / ≈ €220

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique.

Full portrait of a man from the island of Tanna in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by W...

$250 / ≈ €220

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of captain of the Otahiti flotilla. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges,...

$450 / ≈ €396

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...

$250 / ≈ €220

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of the Hawaiian King Otoo. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...

$300 / ≈ €264

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.

Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...

$350 / ≈ €308

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Capo dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de l'Isle de Ste. Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.

Full portrait of the Chief of the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...

$350 / ≈ €308

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Donna della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Femme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.

Full portrait of a woman from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...

$350 / ≈ €308

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

Uomo della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Homme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.

Full portrait of a native from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who...

$300 / ≈ €264

Maker / Publisher: VIERO, Theodorum.
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790

[Asia and part of Australia]

An engraved map of Asia shows an oversized Japan and part of Australia, called Neu Holland. To the east of the Caspian Sea, we see the area of present-day Uzbekistan and ...

$450 / ≈ €396

Maker / Publisher: KLEMM, J. F.
Place & Date: Tübingen, Heerbrandt, 1790

Isles de la Reine Charlotte.

Four charts on one page including chart of Nendö Island, largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group, as mapped by Captain Cartaret in 1767, the...

$40 / ≈ €35

Maker / Publisher: BONNE, R.
Place & Date: Paris, 1790

[Lot of 6 maps / prints] Schets van de Donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland 1773.

A map of Dusky Bay, visited by James Cook in 1773. From a Dutch edition of ‘Cook's voyages'. Schets van de Donkere Baai in Nieuw Zeeland 1773. Nicolas Bellin's map of t...

$350 / ≈ €308

Maker / Publisher: James Cook
Place & Date: London, c, 1790

Nuova Guinea e Nuova Galles ed Isole Adjacenti

Map of the South Pacific, showing the sailing routes to the South Pacific by Carteret and Byron, but most importantly the discoveries made by Captain Cook, 1768-1771. The...

$1750 / ≈ €1541

Maker / Publisher: ZATTA, A.
Place & Date: Venise, 1794-1796

[Lot of 2 maps] Important plan of Port Bucarelli 1384 / Chart of the entrance of "Bassin de L'Quest", La Perouse. 1709

Chart of the entrance of "Bassin de L'Quest", La Perouse. 1709 / With antique print of Alaska] Pirogue du port des Francais. / Pirogue, trouvee au port des Fran...

$350 / ≈ €308

Maker / Publisher: La Pérouse, J.B.G. Comte de.
Place & Date: Paris, 1797

Tableau des Decouvertes du Cap.ne Cook, & de la Pérouse.

Three series of figures of natives with key below, surrounded by narrow pictorial border.Grasset de Saint Sauveur skillfully wove together two dozen individual scenes fro...

$2200 / ≈ €1937

Maker / Publisher: GRASSET DE SAINT SAUVEUR, Jacques / COOK, J.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

La nuova Zelanda delineate sulle ultima osservazioni del Capitan Cook.

First edition on laid paper Cassini’s splendid early map of New Zealand, being the most decorative version of Captain Cook's map of New Zealand, published in the very s...

$6000 / ≈ €5283

Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

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Le Isole di Sandwich delineate sulle osservazioni del Cap Cook. [Hawaii]

FIRST EDITION on laid paper. Cassini’s splendid map depicts Sandwich islands, old name for Hawaii islands, at the end of the eighteenth century. The splendid cartouche ...

$6000 / ≈ €5283

Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

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La Nuova Olanda e La Nuova Guinea delineate sulle ultima osservazioni.

Cassini’s splendid and rare map of Australia and New Guinea, from the 'Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale'. The emphasis of the map is the charting of Captain Cook dow...

$4500 / ≈ €3962

Maker / Publisher: CASSINI, G.M.
Place & Date: Rome, 1798

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Kaart van de Noord-West kust van Amerika en de Noord-Oost kust van Asia. . .

A uncommon issue of this important map of the Northern Pacific and contiguous coasts of America and Asia, published in 'Reize rondom de Waereld door James Cook', a Dutch ...

$1000 / ≈ €880

Maker / Publisher: COOK, J.
Place & Date: Leyden, Amsterdam & The Hague: Honcoop, Allart & van Cleef, 1795-1801

Carte Generale de la Terre Napoleon (à la Nouvelle Hollande)... par M.L. Freycinet an 1808.

Fine map of part of Australia prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. The longitude is calculated from Paris.The cartouche...

$4000 / ≈ €3522

Maker / Publisher: FREYCINET, M.L.
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1811

Carte Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande.

Fine map of the continent of Australia prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage under Captain Thomas Baudin in 1800-1803. Freycinet's map of New Holland was the firs...

$5000 / ≈ €4402

Maker / Publisher: FREYCINET, M.L.
Place & Date: Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1811

Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes. Historique. Atlas Deuxième partie.

First edition of the second part of the atlas by Freycinet, part of his important book "Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes". Illustrated with two foldi...

$7500 / ≈ €6604

Maker / Publisher: FREYCINET, L.
Place & Date: Paris, Langlois, 1811

Océanique Oriente.

Drom the Carolines to New Zealand and east to Pitcairn Island with Australia from Torres Strait to Tasmania. Engraved by J.B.Tardieu and prepared by Giraldon.From Conrad ...

$300 / ≈ €264

Maker / Publisher: LAPIE, P.
Place & Date: Paris, 1809/1812

Plan d'une partie de la Terre Napoléon [with] Plan des Iles Joséphine et de la Baie Murat.

Two maps showing Descartes Bay and Bridgewater Bay in Victoria and Murat Bay in South Australia showing French discoveries prepared by Louis Freycinet during his voyage u...

$100 / ≈ €88

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1807-1816

Plan des Iles Jérôme [with] Plan des Iles Berthier [with] Plan du Comté de Cumberland.

Three maps on one sheet, Jérôme islands, Berthier islands and Cumberland county, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824. The French ...

$100 / ≈ €88

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1807-1816

Plan du Port du Roi-George [with] Plan de la Baie du Geographe.

Two maps on one sheet, King George Sound and Geographe Bay, now Busselton and Dunsborough area and the earliest chart of this area, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres...

$500 / ≈ €440

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1807-1816

Australien (Südland) auch Polynesien oder Inselwelt..

SECOND EDITION of the Johann Walch map of Australasia and the South Pacific. Australia letteredNeu Holland, the name given to it by Able Tasman that was still in use unti...

$1100 / ≈ €969

Maker / Publisher: WALCH, J.
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1802-1820

Nouvelle-Hollande. Oui-Re-Kine. [plate XXI]

A portrait of a female aboriginal residing in Sydney.After the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.Th...

$100 / ≈ €88

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle Galles du Sud. Navigation. [plate XXIII]

Aboriginal boats, used for hunting and water transportationAfter the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1...

$100 / ≈ €88

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

Phisique. [plate XL]

Some scientific instruments for measuring the sea temperature at some depth. From Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedit...

$40 / ≈ €35

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

Terre de Diemen. Habitations. [plate XV].

An aboriginal camp fire, near the ruins of an old wooden fence, and a dead tree, after the original sketches by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes ...

$200 / ≈ €176

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

Nouvelle-Hollande: Ile Decrès. - Détails du Casoar de la Nouvelle Hollande. [plate XLL]

Plate illustrating Casoar, by Lesueur, from Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes by François Péron, 1824.The French expedition under Nicolas Baudin, was commissi...

$75 / ≈ €66

Maker / Publisher: LESUEUR, C-A. / PERON, F.
Place & Date: Paris, 1824

[ Ippah village New Zealand ].

Aquatint depicting a view of Ippah, a village built on a rock. Engraved by G.Castellini. Plate N° 66. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoir...

$100 / ≈ €88