An important world map, updated to include Cook's three voyages
ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier.
Mappe-Monde dressée suivant les nouvelles relations et assujettie aux observations astronomiques Par le S. Robert de Vaugondy Géog. Corrigée et augmentée des Nouvelles Découvertes Du Capitaine Cook, Par Delamarche Géog.
Paris: Delamarche, c.1792. Coloured. 475 x 740mm.
A double hemisphere world map, first published in 1752, but here updated to show the discoveries of Captain Cook on his three voyages. Thus Australia, New Zealand and the Bering Strait are quite well defined, and Hawaii, where Cook died, is marked.
The cusps are filled with rococo cartouches.
Stock ID : 23209
£1,600
£1,600
An important world map, updated to include Cook's three voyages
ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier.
Mappe-Monde dressée suivant les nouvelles relations et assujettie aux observations astronomiques Par le S. Robert de Vaugondy Géog. Corrigée et augmentée des Nouvelles Découvertes Du Capitaine Cook, Par Delamarche Géog.
Paris: Delamarche, c.1792. Coloured. 475 x 740mm.
A double hemisphere world map, first published in 1752, but here updated to show the discoveries of Captain Cook on his three voyages. Thus Australia, New Zealand and the Bering Strait are quite well defined, and Hawaii, where Cook died, is marked.
The cusps are filled with rococo cartouches.
Stock ID : 23209
£1,600
£1,600