New Zealand 1774 by Capt. Cook & Hawkesworth 1st French edition important map Smuttynose Island 12 leaves/ pages of lithographed

12 leaves/ pages of lithographed photographic views

Comic group of caricatures above a sailor leaning on an anchor on the rear cover of one

Almost literally one-of-a-kind artifact from the mid 1500's

seems to be much scarcer than the Philadelphia imprint of the same year

17" H x 12 3/8" W

New Zealand 1774 by Capt. Cook & Hawkesworth 1st French edition important map Smuttynose Island 12 leaves/ pages of lithographedCarte de la Nle. Zelande visitee en 1769 et 1770 par le Lieutenant J. Cook, Commandant de L'Endeavour Vasseau de se Majeste. (Old Maps, 18th Century Maps, Oceania, New Zealand, North Island, South Island, Cook Strait). Issued 1774, Paris by Hawkesworth. Map by Benard. Important 18th century engraved map, the first French edition of 1774 taken from the 1773 English version. The first complete map of the islands, and the single most important map of