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Large 1785 engraving CHRISTMAS HARBOUR in KERGUELEN's LAND from CAPTAIN JAMES COOK's VOYAGES BOOK

Large 1785 engraving of "CHRISTMANS HARBOUR in KERGUELEN's LAND..." removed from the Captain James Cook VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY BOOK - inv # 3O-307

SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL 15" x 9' blank back engraving taken from the 1785 book and atlas titled: "A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Three volumes, quarto, plus separate folio atlas, engraved plates and maps.

This blank back plate is titled: "A View of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen's Land..", and was removed from "Anderson's Large Folio Edition of the Whole of Capt'n Cook's Voyages"

Good condition. This listing includes the 15" x 9" blank back engraving described above, NOT the entire book. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect the purchased item from damage in the mail. Upon request by the buyer, we can ship by USPS Media Mail to reduce postage cost; however, please be aware that USPS Media Mail can be very slow in its time of transit to the buyer. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!

Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 50 years. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 50+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.

Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 50 years. We are located in the charming Maryland Eastern Shore town of OXFORD, Maryland.

Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 50+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.

We invite customer requests for historical newspapers that are not yet located in our extensive Ebay listing of items. With an inventory of nearly a million historical newspapers (and their early precursors) we are likely have just the one YOU are searching for.

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