Isle de Sir Charles Saunder ; Isle Ofnabrug ; Isle Boscawen ; Isle de l'Admiral Keppel ; Isle de Wallis.
Benard Dir.
[Paris 1787.]
Engraving. 200 x 260mm, 8 x 10˝".
Five coastal profiles of islands in or around the Tonga Islands group. The islands are (in order of title) Maiao in the Windward Islands of the Society Islands; Mehetia in the Society Islands in the vicinity of Wallis Island; Niuatoputapu; Tafahi; Wallis Island in the Wallis and Futuna Island group. Engraved by Bénard for a French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages, which included accounts of other English explorers in the South Seas.
[Ref: 13534] £65.00
[Paris 1787.]
Engraving. 200 x 260mm, 8 x 10˝".
Five coastal profiles of islands in or around the Tonga Islands group. The islands are (in order of title) Maiao in the Windward Islands of the Society Islands; Mehetia in the Society Islands in the vicinity of Wallis Island; Niuatoputapu; Tafahi; Wallis Island in the Wallis and Futuna Island group. Engraved by Bénard for a French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages, which included accounts of other English explorers in the South Seas.
[Ref: 13534] £65.00