1787 Bankes Antique Print View of the Islands of Tahiti - Cooks 3rd Voyage, 1777 19TH CENTURY with works byFrancesco Salviati

with works byFrancesco Salviati

The 1863 and 1864 editions in particular are highly desirable among collectors because the United States and North America maps illustrate the proposed

and the Dutch in Bahia and Pernambuco

Webber served as official artist on James Cooks third voyage of discovery around the Pacific (1776–80) aboard HMS Resolution

Until 1578

1787 Bankes Antique Print View of the Islands of Tahiti - Cooks 3rd Voyage, 1777 19TH CENTURY with works byFrancesco SalviatiTitle : View of the Islands of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 40220 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of Matavai Bay and the Island of Tahiti during Captain Cooks visit to the Island during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography,