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Three antique engraved maps from a French edition of James…
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Melbourne
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9-Sep-2012
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Three antique engraved maps from a French edition of James Cook's Voyages, probably from 'Voyage dans l'hemisphere austral..., ecrit par Jacques Cook', Paris, 1778, one charting the routes of Cook and earlier navigators between South America and Australia and South East Asia, the others showing Botany Bay and Cape Tribulation, hand-coloured engravings on laid paper, all inscriptions in French, two signed 'Benard dir[ex]', all with fold creases. Height 39.5 cm. Width 75 cm, and smaller
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Art: Prints - Engravings, Lithographs etc