Isle of Rotterdam Old gravure l'Isle de Rotterdam Cook 1778

Title: Vue de L’Isle de Rotterdam.

Antique engraving of Rotterdam Island (island Nomuka) in the Haʻapai group of islands in the Kingdom of Tonga as seen by Captain Cook that time.

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World
Afia-Too-Ca, A Burying Place in the Isle of Amsterdam. Plate 39, Page 16. Cook's earlier expedition.

This is an original engraving from the time as listed, not a later 1800 edition.
Origin one of the first editions of : Voyage das L’Hemisphere Austral, et autour du Monde,
fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, L, Aventure & la Resolution…
Ecrit par Jacques Cook, Commedant de la Resolution…
(engraved plates and maps numbered almost half double-page or folding)

Engraved by Robert Bernard.dir(ex)
(First engraver after the sketches and paintings of locations by William Hodges who accompanied the journey with Cook)

Size:
Sheet app.: 40 x 25.5 cm. 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Image app.: 35.5 x 20.5 cm. 14 x 8 inches.
Condition: Fine strong engraving on very good condition. Folds as published.

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