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PAC103 - L. RENARD “Magnum Mare Del Zur Cum Insula California; De Groote Zuyd-Zee En't California” Amstd. c. 1715. Colored. 19½X22¼. Finely engraved & highly decorative sea chart of the Pacific Ocean shows California as an island off the coast of North America. The early discoveries by the Dutch on the northern coast of Australia and New Guinea which appear joined; Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) & New Zealand are partially discovered, as are many islands in the Pacific. Chart also shows early charting of Japan and is embellished with 4 sailing ships in the Ocean, a fanciful depiction of Neptune & marine figures around the title cartouche and a portrait of Magellan over the title. Rhumb lines and compass rose complete the decoration. Chart covers an area from the Equator to 50'N.Lat. & south to 45°S. Lat. One of the finest charts showing California as an island.

PAC104 - P. MORTIER "Mer De Sud Ou Pacifique Contenant L'Isle De Californe, les costes de Mexique, Du Perou, Chili et le Detroit De Magellanique.." Amstd. 1693. Colored 23½X29. A large striking chart shows the coasts of North America with all principal harbors, and showing California as an island. Locates Central America and the West Indies, the western coast of South America; Tierra Del Fuego and the Straits of Magellan. Chart encompasses the entire Pacific Ocean with the latest south sea discoveries including part of Van Diemen's land (Tasmania) & New Zealand. A small portion of the northern coast of Australia appears joined to New Guinea, and the islands of Japan have been partially discovered. Numerous small islands appear dotted over the Ocean which is crossed by rhumb lines and the chart includes 2 decorative compass roses.

PAC105 - A. M. MALLET "Isles Des Larrons" Paris 1683. Colored. 6X4. Small chart by an early mapmaker of the Marianas called "Archipel De St.Lazarre." The island of Seypan bears the only recognisable name in the group, which includes an island at the southern end named Isle De Aves in the position of Guam. Sailing ships decorate chart in the ocean and at the top of the chart.

PAC110 - A. TARDIEU "Carte Des Iles Hogoleu" (Caroline Islands.) Paris. c. 1827. Colored. 18X30. Map is from the Duperrey Expedition in 1824. Shows Duperrey's route around the islands and surrounding reefs and includes two fine landfall approach views at top of chart.

PAC112A - R. BENARD "Baye De Matavai a Otahiti; Havre D'Owharre Dans L'Isle D'Huaheine Havre D'Ohamaneno A Ulietea: Havre D'Oopoa A Ulietea" Paris. 1774. 8¼ X13¼. Colored outlines. 4 small charts on one page show harbors on the islands of Tahiti, Huaheine & Ulietea in the Society Islands. Each harbor is depicted with shoreline topography, depth soundings and shoal areas & a compass rose. Finely engraved from James Cook's surveys on his 2nd. and 3rd. voyages

PAC113 - P. CARTERET "A Chart and Views of Pitcairn Island" London. 1785. Colored. 8¼X13. (Discovered by Capt. Phillip Carteret in 1767, & the Bounty mutineers landed on the island in 1789.) This is an attractive chart of the island with 4 landfall approach views at the bottom of the chart. (Lat.25.02.5::'.Long.133.30W ) Publi§hed by Hogg, London, from Carteret's Voyages.

PAC114 - J. N. BELLIN "Carte De L'Archipel De St.Lazare ou Les Isles Marianes Sur les Cartes du P. Alonso Lopez Et Le Memoire di P.Morales Jesuites Espagnols Missionaires dans ces Isles. Par le Sr. Bellin Ingr. de la Marine 1752." Paris 1762. Colored. 9X6. Attractive chart shows the Mariana Islands with a fine depiction in an inset of Guam with its harbors, rivers, elevations. Title is in a decorative cartouche with scroll motif, Large compass rose in center.

PAC125 - TARDIEU (A) "Carte Des Iles Bonham (Marshall Islands)" Paris. c. 1827. 14X19. B/W. From the Duperrey expedition in 1824. Shows Duperrey's route and a fine approach view at the top of chart. A little minor spotting in margin area but otherwise a fine chart

PAC130 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY (South Pacific Ocean) "Plans in the Iles Marquises (Marquesas)" Published & engraved 1963. 27X39. Chart 1640. 10 inset island harbour charts on one sheet and 10 landfall approach views. Also one large chart of the Marquesas Island Group with soundings in fathoms, courses, capes, shoals, currents etc. 

PAC155 - LA PEROUSE "Carte D'Une Partie De Grand Ocean a l'E et S.E. de la Nouvelle Guinee pour l'intelligence due Voyage de la Fregate Espagnole la Princesa commande par D. Francisco Antonio Maurelle en 1781." Paris 1789. 13X19½.. Colored. This chart, based on the voyage of Dom Francisco Antonio Maurelle , the Spanish explorer & navigator, shows the route of his ship "The Princesa" through the Friendly Islands and across the Pacific to the coast of New Guinea in 1781. Includes the Navigators Islands, Feejee, the Hebrides Isles, and New Caledonia to the Solomon Islands and the northeast coast of Australia named New Holland. Many small islands are depicted with notes regarding their sightings by Tasman, Bligh and Maurelle. This chart was included in the "Voyage Round the World" of La Perouse, published in 1797. A note on the chart states that the publisher has placed the islands according to the longitude of other navigators, rather than on Maurelles figures which were considered estimates only. Also that Maurelles chart was based on a French chart by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1742. (Note: The French cartographers at the time did not consider the Spanish charts to be sufficiently accurate, so made their own correcrtions.) A finely engraved and attractive chart.

PAC159 - J. WALKER "Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean" London 1842. Colored. 13X15. This excellent depiction of all the island groups in Polynesia is divided into small inset charts showing principal islands & harbors for each group. The sheet of charts was published in the General Atlas of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in Victorian England. It serves as an excellent reference sheet for anyone seeking to identify, for instance, the Society or Friendly Isles, the Gilberts, Marianas, Marshalls, Admiraltys, Cooks, Sandwich, Tonga, Pitcairn, Tahiti Islands;& the islands in the Coral Sea and the Low Archipelago. Plus Samoa and many more smaller groups. Finely engraved & presented. 

PAC166 - J. COOK “Carte Des Decouvertes faites dans la Mer Pacifique sur le Vaisseau de Roi, La Resolution commandé par le Capitaine Cook en 1774.” Paris 1775. Fine chart based on Capt. Cook's surveys on his second voyage to the Pacific in 1772-1775, shows New Caledonia and the New Hebrides Islands, with the tracks of Cook's ship the Resolution exploring around & between the islands while taking depth soundings en route. Cook's surveys were very well done for his time, and this particular chart is an excellent example of his detailed work. From the French Edition of Cook's Voyages - 1772-1775. (Included in De La Harpe's Voyages. 1780.) 

PAC170 - LOUIS ISIDORE DUPERREY "Carte Des Iles Pomotou situées a l'Est Des Iles De La Sociéte. Dressée par M.L.I. Duperrey. Capitaine de Frégate. Commandant la Corvette de S.M.La Coquille." Paris 1827. B/W/ 18X29. Striking chart showing Duperrey's tracks to Tahiti in the Society Islands in 1823, through the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia, a series of atolls located to the east of Tahiti. Chart also shows the tracks of Capt. James Cook in 1769 and 1773 & the tracks of both Wallis & Carteret in 1767 and Bougainville in 1768. Chart was engraved by Amroise Tardieu and included in Duperrey's "Voyage Autour du Monde." 1827. (Voyage Round the World.) A fine large chart, intensely detailed showing many small islands throughout the region. 

PAC176 - P. LAPIE “Carte De L'Océanie Contenant L'Australie, La Polynesie, Et Les Iles Asiatiques Dressée par M. Lapie 1er Geographe du Roi.” Paris. 1829. Colored. 15½X21. Fine large chart shows all the known islands in the Pacific Ocean including the Sandwich Island (Hawaii). Also New Zealand, Australia & New Guinea and the coast of China and Japan. Map is intensely detailed & finely engraved, showing names of islands and island groups, harbors, channels & straits.. Depicts the Meridian through Paris, and includes the Seal of the Atlas Universel de Geographie with Lapie's name on the Seal. An excellent chart. 

PAC177 - J. WEBBER/J. COOK “Une Jeune Femme de O-Tahiti Dansant.” Paris. 1784. B/W.9X7. Fine copper engraving of a Tahitian woman dancing, from a sketch by John Webber the 24 year old artist who accompanied Capt James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. This was Cook's third and last voyage to Tahiti. Many of Webber's sketches were drawn on-the-spot and engraved for publication both in England and in France in the various editions of Cook's Voyages. 

PAC178 - J. WEBBER/J. COOK “Jeune Femme De O-Tahiti Apportant un Présent.” Paris. 1784. B/W. 9X6½. An amusing and decorative copper engraving from a sketch by John Webber, the young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage of discovery to the Pacific in 1776-1780. Webber sketched many of the natives and native animals encountered on the voyage and this sketch of a woman bringing a present to Cook and his officers evidently interested him sufficiently to make a drawing of her strange costume. Engraved by Robert Benard for the French Edition of Cook's Voyages.

PAC179 - J. WEBBER/J. COOK “Danse D'O-Tahiti.” Paris. 1784. B/W.9½X14½. Fine engraving of Tahitian natives performing their traditional dances for the benefit of Capt. James Cook and his officers during his stay in Tahiti on his third voyage of discovery to the Pacific in 1776-1780. The drawing was done on-the-spot by John Webber, a young artist who accompanied Cook on the voyage as official artist, and who drew many of the natives and native animals encountered on the islands they visited throughout the voyage. From the French Edition of Cook's Voyages.

PAC181 - A. E. LAPIE “Océanique” Paris. 1812. Colored. 8½X11¼. Very detailed map of the Pacific Ocean including all islands and island groups. New Zealand & Australia, New Guinea, Maylasia, the Philippines & the coast of China. The Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) charted by Capt. James Cook and La Perouse in the late 18th century are shown at 20° N. Lat. just below the Tropic of Cancer. From Atlas Complet by C. Malte-Brun & A. E. Lapie. Engraved by J. B. M. Chamouin. A fine map with excellent detail. 

PAC183 - L. I. DUPERREY “Carte De L'Archipel Des Isles Carolines Dressee par M. L. I. Duperrey. Capitaine de Frégate, Commandant la Corvette de S. M. La Coquille.” Paris. 1827. B/W. 21X30. Large double page chart depicts the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert & Marshall Islands and the Marianas locating Guam. The Caroline Islands are drawn in fine detail from Palau to Hogoleu, to Ollap, Dublon, Bordelaise and many more encompassing the entire island group which numbers over 200 islands. As well as showing the tracks of Duperrey's ship la Coquille, the chart makes reference & shows tracks of 24 other navigators/explorers who sailed through the region, from the earliest, Magellan in 1521 to Duperrey in 1824. This handsome chart was published in 1827 in Duperrey's “Voyage Autour Du Monde, 1822-1825”.

PAC187 - J. COOK/S. WALLIS “Vue de la Baye de Matavai a Otahiti appellée Havre Du Port Royal par le Capitaine Wallis.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 8½X6¾. Attractive view of Matavai Bay on the island of Tahiti visited by Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. The bay was named Port Royal by Capt. Samuel Wallis (1728-95) a skilled British sea-captain who made a round the world voyage iin H.M.S. Dolphin in 1766-1768, discovering Tahiti about 2 years before Cook visited the island on his 1st voyage in 1769. This sketch probably made by one of the officers on H.M.S. Dolphin, was engraved by Robert Benard for inclusion in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in 1785. 

PAC188 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Vue de l'Interieur d'une Maison dans L'Isle d'Ulietéa. Representation d'une danse a la mode du Pays.” Paris 1785. B/W. 8½X13. This interesting scene on the island of Ulietéa, in the Society Islands group, is literally translated as “a view of the inside of a house in the island of Ulietea, with the representation of a dance to the music of the country”. In the Bibliography of Capt. James Cook, published in Sydney, Aust. in 1970, page 360 it is noted as being possibly drawn by G. B. Cipriani but this engraving is signed by Palas, sculpt. & published in the French edition of Capt. James Cook's voyages in 1785, which makes it unlikely to have been drawn by Cipriani & was likely done from a sketch by John Webber, the artist who accompanied Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. An attractive and decorative scene.

PAC189 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Reception Du Capitaine Cook A Hapaee.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9X14. Very detailed scene shoing Capt. James Cook's reception by the natives on the island of Hapaee in the Tonga or Friendly Islands group, during his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. This engraving by Robert Benard was made from a sketch done on the spot by John Webber, the young artist who accompanied Cook on the voyage as official draughtsman and who drew many of the native peoples he encountered throughout the voyage. After his return to England in 1780, Webber became a noted landscape painter and the collection of his paintings & sketches made during Cook's 3rd voyage are in Admiralty House and the National Maritime Museum in London. 

PAC192 - J. COOK /J. WEBBER “Poulaho. Roi Des Isles Des Amis.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9½X6½. This striking portrait of King Poulaho of the Friendly Islands was drawn by John Webber, the young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780 as official artist and draughtsman. Webber delighted in drawing the natives he encountered during the voyage and on his return to London in 1780 he was employed by the British Admiralty to compile the official account of the voyage which was published in England in 1784 and in France in 1785. This portrait was engraved by Robert Benard and shows the handsome headress worn by the King on ceremonial occasions,

PAC194 - J. COOK “Combat A Coups De Poing Des Insulaires De Hapaee.” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9¼X7. This striking sketch of two warriors in hand- to-hand combat, on the island of Tonga in the Friendly Islands was drawn by John Webber, the official artist and draughtsman, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780.The sketch was subsequently engraved by Robert Benard for inclusion in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in 1785.

PAC195 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Une Femme De Eaoo” Paris 1784. B/W. 9½X6¾. This fine engraving of a woman of Eaoo, one of the Society islands, was drawn by John Webber, a young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. John Webber did many portrait sketches of the natives encountered during the voyage and this drawing was engraved by Robert Benard, a prominent French engraver for inclusion in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in Paris in 1784.

PAC196 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER “Poulaho Roi Des Isles Des Amis, Buvant La Kava.” Paris 1784. B/W. 9X14. This fine engraving depicts Poulaho, the King of the Friendly Islands drinking Kava, a native beverage drunk on ceremonial occasions, when the King demanded obeisance from his people. Drawn by John Webber, a young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1784, it was engraved by Robert Benard, a prominent French engraver for inclusion in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in Paris in 1784.

PAC200A - British Admiralty- “South Pacific Ocean. Samoa Islands, Tutuila Island.” London 1930 (Corrected to 1972). From U.S. Government charts to 1929 with additions to 1955. Includes insert of Pago Pago Harbor. 26½”x38½” B/W #1729.

PAC202 - British Admiralty- “South Pacific Ocean. Suvorov Islands with Lagoon Entrance.” London 1922 (Corrected to 1956). From sketch surveys between 1900-1920. 26½”x39” B/W #1174.

PAC204 - J. THOMSON “Map of the Islands in the Pacific ocean.” Edin. 1817. Colored. 19½X23½. Fine large map of the Pacific Ocean showing all the islands and island groups & the northeast coast of Australia. Includes 4 finely engraved inset charts 1. Owhyee (Hawaii) 2. Karakakoa Bay, Owhyee (where Capt. James Cook was killed in 1779 on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific) 3. Otaheite and 4. Matavia Bay, Otaheite. An excellent chart. From “New General Atlas.” 

PAC206 - J. MIGEON “Oceanie” Paris. c. 1895. Colored. 13X16½. Attractive and colorful map of the Pacific Ocean shows all the island groups & features Australia and New Zealand , Indonesia & New Guinea, the Philippines, the Carolinas and Marshall Islands, the New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, Samoa, the Gilberts and the Hawaii or Sandwich Islands. The map is very finely engraved by L. Smith & drawn by A. Bixet both well known artists in 19th century Paris. The map also features a very attractive scene in lower right of Noumea Harbor with sailing ships, otherwise known as Port of France, the capital of French New Caledonia.

PAC213 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY “South Pacific Ocean. Society Islands, North Coast of Tahiti. Passe De Papeete to Passe De Papenoo. From French Government Charts to 1937 with corrections to 1968.” London. 1st published in 1895. (Corr. to 1975.) B/W. 26½X49. Striking horizontal chart shows the north coast of the island of Tahiti in large scale with block plan of the harbor of Papeete showing buildings, wharves and anchorages. The coast continues to Matavai Bay, Point Venus and Motu Au Anchorage and from thence to Tapahi and Papenoo. The island is depicted as mountainous while the shore is tree-lined with many bays and inlets. Hundreds of depth soundings are indicated in Matavi Bay and along the coast. This is one of the best charts of the northern coast of Tahiti produced by the British Admiralty first in 1895 and then updated over the years to 1975. Chart #1158.

PAC214 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY “South Pacific Ocean. Comprised between the parallels of 27° south and 60° south and extending from Melbourne to Cape Horn. Eastern Sheet.” London. 1877. (Corr. to 1960-67.) B/W. 26½X39½. This fine chart shows the South Pacific Ocean with very detailed courses leading to Cape Horn at South America's southernmost point & includes the coast of Peru and inland Argentina with excellent detail of coastal harbors and inlets. The chart includes navigational notes regarding “icebergs & loose ice may be fallen in with to the southward of this line” below 50° south latitude, and a previous owner of the chart has written in pencil above the Juan Fernandes Islands, off the coast of Peru, “Ikke Rettet! Kun Oversejling”. Very detailed. Chart #789

PAC217 - CAPT. W. WILSON “The Island of Otaheite According to the Survey taken by Cap. Cook 1769. Corrected by his later Astronomical Observations.” London 1799. Colored. 11X15. Superbly drawn chart of the island of Tahiti shows both topographical and hydrographical details, with all harbors located around the coastlines with small black dots for dwellings. Notes shoal areas offshore and elevations in the center of the island and depicts a “Curious Lake” so named in the southern part of the island. . This fine map was included in “A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798. In the Ship Duff Commanded by Capt. James Wilson. Compiled from Journals of the Officers and the Missionaries & Illustrated with Maps, Charts & Views. Drawn by Mr. William Wilson & Engraved by the Most Eminent Artists.” This is one of the best early maps of Tahiti we've seen in a long time.

PAC218 - S. PARKINSON (Untitled) “View of Matavai Bay, Tahiti.” London. c. 1784. Colored. 8X10. Attractive handcolored engraving of Capt. James Cook's ship the “Endeavour” anchored in Matavai Bay off Tahiti, during his round the world voyage in 1768-1771. The scene is taken from One Tree Hill called by the natives Taharaa and is from a brush and ink sketch done on the spot by Sydney Parkinson, a draughtsman who accompanied Cook on the voyage. Parkinson's primary task on the voyage was to draw natural history subjects, his specialty, and the hundreds of botanical specimens collected by Cook and his crew wherever they anchored during the voyage. A charming sketch.

PAC222 - CAPT. S. WALLIS “Le Capitaine Wallis Est Attaqué Dans Le Dauphin par les Otahitiens.” Paris. 1784.B/W. 8X12½. Samuel Wallis (1728-95), a Royal Navy Captain and a skilled navigator was given command of H.M.S. Dolphin in 1766 with orders to circumnavigate the world and explore and chart the islands in the Pacific Ocean. Passing through the Magellan Straits into the Pacific in early 1767 he took a northwesterly course, charting the islands en route including Tahiti which he discovered in June 1767. This fine copper engraved view shows H. M. S. Dolphin at anchor off Tahiti's shore being harassed by hostile natives, who had come out in boats to attack the ship and its crew. (Included in the French edition of Cook's Voyages. 1784. Ref. The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Edited by Peter Kemp. 1976.) 

PAC223 - CAPT. S. WALLIS “Cession de L'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par La Reine Oberea.” Paris. 1784. B/W. 8X12½. When Capt. Samuel Wallis (1728-95) in his ship H. M. S. Dolphin discovered Tahiti in 1767 on his round-the-world voyage (1766-1768), the natives were at first hostile, but soon accepted him and his crew, and their Queen Oberea, seen in this fine copper engraving by Godfroy, transferred the island to Wallis in a typical Tahitian ceremony. ( Included in the French edition of Cook's Voyages. 1774-1785.)

PAC224 - J. COOK “Carte Des Isles Decouvertes Aux Environs D'Otahiti, dans Plusieurs Voyages Faits Autour Du Monde Par Les Capitaines Byron, Wallis, Carteret & Cook. En 1765, 1767,1769.” Paris. 1784. B/W. 9½X20¼. This excellent chart of the Society Islands depicting Tahiti, Bolabola, Huaheine and surrounding islands shows the routes of Commodore the Hon. John Byron and Capt. Mouat in 1765, Captains Wallis and Carteret in 1767, and Capt. James Cook in 1769. Their tracks are clearly delineated crossing the region and the discovery and charting of the Society Islands by the four great navigators was a milestone in the history of the Pacific Ocean in the late 18th century. Chart was engraved by the well known French engraver, Robert Benard for inclusion in the French edition of the Voyages of Cook in 1784.

PAC226 - T. BANKES A View of the New Discovered Island of Ulieta with some of the Inhabitants, a Double Canoe and other small craft at Boat House with the Model of a Double Canoe. Published by Royal Authority.” London. 1787. B/W. 7X11. Finely engraved scene of a double hulled canoe from the island of Ulieta in the Society Islands, discovered by Capt. James Cook on his first round-the-world voyage in 1768-1771. The engraving was probably taken from a sketch by Sidney Parkinson, the official artist on Cook's 1st Voyage, and depicts the odd shaped canoes cruising along the shore with natives gathered on the beach and a palm tree overhanging a boat house. From “Banke's New System of Geography.” 1787.

PAC227 - T. BANKES “View of the Island of Huaheine and of the Ewharra-no-Eatua, or House of God” and “View of the House or Shed called Tupapow in Otaheite under which the Dead are Deposited.” London. 1787. B/W. 12X7. Two finely engraved views taken from sketches by Sidney Parkinson who accompanied Capt. James Cook as official artist on Cook's first voyage to the Pacific in 1768-1771. The islands of Huaheine and Otaheite (Tahiti) are in the Society Islands in the South Pacific. From Thomas Bankes “New System of Geography. Published by Royal Authority.”

PAC228 - A. HOGG “View of the Causeway or Landing Place Etc. near Pelew, the Capital of the Pelew Islands.” London. 1793. B/W. 5½X8. This finely engraved scene is noted on the engraving as being “Drawn on the Spot by an Officer of the Antelope Packet.” The “Antelope” was a 300 ton Packet commanded by Capt. Henry Wilson and owned by the Honorable East India Company. She was on a voyage to the Pacific to trade for the Company, when on August 10, 1783 she struck a reef off Pelew on the western end of the Caroline Islands and was wrecked. However her crew got ashore and subsequently used the nails and timbers from the “Antelope” to build a new schooner named “Oroolong” after the island where the wreck took place. After his return to England, Capt. Wilson provided, Alexander Hogg, a prominent London publisher, with the sketch drawn by one of his officers of the Causeway or Landing Place shown in this fine engraving by Wilkes in 1793.

PAC229 - GRAINGER “View of the Fleet of Otaheite” and “View of the Island of Otaheite.” London. c. 1784. B/W. 11X7.Two fine sketches attributed to John Webber, a young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, show the highly decorated war canoes of the natives of Tahiti, and a view of the island of Tahiti with the native boats offshore and high rocky mountains in the background. From an account of Capt. James Cook's Voyages. Engraved by W. Grainger.

PAC230 - T. BANKES “Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite Dancing” and “Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite Bringing Presents.” London. 1787. B/W. 8½X12½. Two charming engravings of Tahitian women dressed in festive costumes seen by Capt. James Cook and John Webber, a young artist who accompanied Cook on his last voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. The original sketches were drawn on the spot by Webber who witnessed the women dancing and bringing presents to Capt. Cook and his officers during their stay in Tahiti. From Thomas Bankes “New System of Geography Published by Royal Authority” in 1787.

PAC235 - E. de JONCOURT “Marque la Route du Galion Nuestra Seignora de Cabadongo de Manilla a Acapulco” Amstd. 1749. Colored. 11X12½. This finely drawn map of the Pacific shows Capt. George Anson's route across the Ocean in his ship the “Centurion” from Acapulco in Mexico to Manila in the Philippine Islands, following the tracks of one of the Spanish treasure galleons, the “Nuestra Seignora de Cabadongo” which he intercepted and captured in 1743 off Cape Espiritu Santo on the eastern coast of the Philippine Islands. This finely engraved chart includes a fanciful depiction of Japan's Islands and all the islands in the Pacific Ocean through which the Spanish and English ships sailed before the final encounter which led to Anson's victory. From “Voyage Autour du Monde Fait Dans Les Annees 1740-1744” describing George Anson's circumnavigation and his subsequent return to London, with treasure that made him wealthy for life. Engraved by Lattre for Elie de Joncourt, in Amsterdam 1749.

PAC236 - W. DAMPIER “Representation du Cours ordinaire des Vents de Traverse qui regnent sur les Cotes dans La Grande Mer du Sud. Remarquez que les Fleches qui sont entre les Lignes Montrent le Cours ordinaire de ces Vents de Conte.” Amstd. 1698. Colored. 6X12. William Dampier (1651-1715) spent a great part of his life as a buccaneer, making three circumnavigations of the world before his death in 1715. On his return to London, after his first voyage in 1691 when he was 40, he wrote popular travel books based on his experiences overseas. In 1697 he published “A New Voyage Around the World” in which he included maps and sketches from his travels and many of his maps showed wind and current vectors and navigational notes which he had compiled during his circumnavigation with the buccaneers. This chart drawn by Dampier and engraved by Cosmant is from the French edition of “A New Voyage...” published in Amsterdam by Paul Marret. The chart depicts the Pacific Ocean and the countries surrounding the Pacific Rim. Includes China, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia in the East and North America and California, Central and South America in the West. The map shows wind vectors in the Ocean and many un-named islands. While Dampier preferred to spend his life as a buccaneer, he was an intellectual with a great curiosity about the world and it's weather, and it's native peoples, plants, animals, and natural phenomena.

PAC237 - J. COOK/R. BENARD “Baye de Matavai A Otahiti,” and “Havre D'Owharre Dans L'Isle D'Huaheine.” Paris. 1774-1785. B/W. 8½X6. These two finely engraved charts of harbors on the islands of Tahiti and Huaheine in the Society Islands were based on sketches brought back to London and then sent over to Paris, after Capt. James Cook completed his first and second voyages to the Pacific in 1768-1771 and 1772-1775. During both voyages Cook's ships the Endeavour and then the Resolution and the Discovery, anchored in the harbors and took depth soundings as noted on the charts. Engraved by Robert Benard, a well-known French draughtsman and engraver, the charts were included in the official French edition of Cook's Voyages. Published between 1774-1785. 

PAC238 - J. COOK/R. BENARD “Carte De L'Isle De Taiti Par Le Lieutenant J. Cook. 1769.” Paris. 1774-1785. B/W. 9X16. One of the duties assigned to Lieut.( later Capt.) James Cook by the Royal Society and the Admiralty in London, at the outset of his first voyage of exploration to the Pacific between 1768-1771, was to observe the transit of Venus, which would pass between the Earth and the Sun on the 3rd June 1769, and not be seen again for another 100 years. Arriving in Tahiti in April 1769 Cook anchored his ship the Endeavour in Matavai Bay on Tahiti's northwest coast where he named a rocky promontory rising above the shoreline, Point Venus. During his stay on the island, Cook charted Tahiti's coast which took him 5 days in a small Pinnace, and as this chart taken from his original sketches shows, he saw wooded and fertile regions, hills, and many thickly settled coastal communities. This is the first detailed and accurate chart of Tahiti and it's neighboring island of Eimeo, published in the late 18th century. It was engraved by Robert Benard a well-known French engraver for inclusion in the official French edition of Cook's Voyages.

PAC240 - J. COOK “Vue de L'Isle d'Ulietea avec une double Pirogue et un hangar ou les Insulaires retirent levas Batiments de Mer.” Paris 1774-1785. B/W. 8X13½. This fine copper engraving of a scene on the island of Ulietea, in the Society Islands was taken from a sketch made by William Hodges who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 2nd voyage to the Pacific between 1772-1775, as official draughtsman on the voyage. The sketch shows a native double-hulled canoe called a Pirogue sailing offshore, with a boat shed on the beach called a hangar. A group of natives is depicted in the foreground filling baskets with local produce and the palm fringed island, with its rocky shoreline appears in the background. The engraved scene was drawn by le Veau, for inclusion in the official French edition of Cook's Voyages, 1774-1785.

PAC243 - A.BRUE “Carte Generale De L'Oceanie ou Cinquieme Partie Du Monde par A. Brue.” Paris. 1827. Colored. 14½X20 Very fine map of the Pacific Ocean including all the recently explored islands along with Australia & New Zealand, the southern coast of China, the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Coral Sea. The detail of the harbors is excellent and the contours of the coasts and island groups are very finely engraved. This striking map was published by Adiren Hubert Brue (1786-1832) a French geographer and publisher, in his “Atlas Universel de Geographie, Physigue, Politique et Historique” in Paris. in 1827.

PAC246 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “South Pacific Ocean. Fiji Islands. Eastern Archipelago (Southern Portion.) From British Surveys between 1878 & 1881. with additions from Fiji Government Surveys to 1915.” Wash. D.C. 1921-1930. Hand colored. 26X38½. Splendid chart of the Fiji Islands eastern group, shows the islands in fine detail with harbors and depth soundings around each island. Includes Vanua Vatu, Moala, Matuku, Ngau, Nairai, Trithia, Lakemba, Mbukatatanoa or Argo Reefs, Kambara, Fulanga & Fulanga Passage. Chart depicts courses for mariners navigating through the islands. Used by William Kissam Vanderbilt in his Steam Yacht the Alva in the late 1920's when he made a number of circumnavigations in search of marine specimens for his museum on Long island, New York, the chart is unusual in that it is handcolored. Chart #2852.

PAC247 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Fiji Islands. Northwestern Part. Vatu Ira Channel with Adjacent Coasts from British Surveys between 1881 & 1896.” Wash. D.C. 1914-1930. B/W. 39X30. Handsome chart shows part of Viti Levu, Carybdis Reef, the Vatu Ira Channel, Yendra Is. and part of Vanua Levu. The chart is intensely detailed and dotted with hundreds of depth soundings and contains both topographical and hydrographical details and includes courses for mariners navigating through the islands. Used by William Kissam Vanderbilt in his Steam Yacht the Alva in the late 1920's when he made a number of circumnavigations in search of marine specimens for his museum on Long Island, New York, the chart shows reefs with the notation 'position doubtful' and others with a note 'not surveyed' indicating that even as late as the 1920's the Fiji Islands had not been accurately charted. Nevertheless this is a fine chart. No. 2856.

PAC249 - J. BARTHOLOMEW “Oceania and Pacific Ocean from Admiralty Surveys.” Edin. 1862. Colored. 16½X21½. This is a great map of the Pacific Rim that shows North and South America's Western coasts, the Aleutian Islands and the Behring Sea in the North Pacific Ocean. Depicts the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) and all the islands in the South Pacific Ocean including Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand and continues over to the Philippines and the Eastern coast of China and the Islands of Japan. The topography on the map is well drawn with land and island contours finely engraved. Includes hundreds of place names overall. Drawn and engraved by John Bartholomew (1831-1893) and printed in Edinburgh, Scotland by W. H. MacFarlane in 1862.

PAC250 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “South Pacific Ocean. Samoa Islands. From United States Naval Surveys to 1922 and German Surveys to 1913.” Wash. D.C. 1877 (Corrected to 1930.) B/W. 16X24. Excellent chart shows the islands of Savali, Upolu, Tutuila and the Manua Islands which constitute the Samoa Group. The capital of Pago Pago is on Tutuila and the chart shows the location of the harbor. Chart includes depth soundings and courses. Chart #87

PAC251 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Tuamotu Archipelago. King George's Group. By the United States Exploring Expedition. 1839.” Wash. D.C. 1872. (Corrected to 1930.) 13X16. B/W. The Tuamotu Archipelago is a coral atoll in French Polynesia and the chart shows the islands and lagoons surveyed and charted by the United States Exploring Expedition in 1839, and consist of the Takapoto, Takaroa and Abatiki Lagoons. The chart was corrected by the U. S. Navy Dept in 1930 and includes courses and navigational notes. Chart #81.

PAC252 - J. COOK/R.BERNARD “Un Homme De Mangea” Paris. 1785. B/W. 9½X7. This fine engraving by Robert Benard was drawn from a portrait sketch by John Webber, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, as official artist and draughtsman. Mangea is an island west of the Society Islands visited by Cook in 1777 in his ships the “Resolution” and the “Discovery” and while Cook & his officers went ashore to replenish their supplies, John Webber spent his time drawing the natives in their costumes, particularly delighting in their strange adornments! This striking portrait was included in the French Edition of Cook's Voyages, published in 1785.

PAC253 - J. F. DE LA PEROUSE “Carte De L'Archipel Des Navigateurs Decouvertes par M.de Bougainville in Mai 1768 et Reconnu Par Les Fregates Francais. La Boussole et L'Astrolabe en Decembre 1787.” Paris. 1797. 19X27. This fine chart of the Navigator's Islands, first surveyed by Comte Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) on one of his Pacific voyages in 1768, was rediscovered in December 1787 by Comte Jean Francois De La Perouse (1741-1788) on his own round-the-world voyage in 1787 in his ships the Boussole and the Astrolabe. The islands are now part of the Samoan Group in the South Pacific, and this chart is believed to be the first printed chart of Samoa & the islands of Pola, Oyolava, Maouna, Fanfoue & Opouh. The chart depicts landfall approach views and an extract from Bougainville's own chart of the region, and a table of Latitude and Longitude. The chart was published in “Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse” which was issued in Paris in 1797, 9 years after La Perouse went down with his ships in 1788 off the east coast of Australia. This is a fine chart in very good condition.

PAC254 - M. E. PARIS “Plan De L'Ile Tonga-Tabou Leve et Dresse par M. E. Paris. Ensigne de Vaisseau. Expedition de la Corvette de S. M. L'Astrolabe. Avril et Mai 1827.” Paris. 1835. B/W. 16½X23. This fine chart of Tonga-Tabou, one of the Friendly Islands visited by Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, and later by Capt. M. E. Paris in his ship the Astrolabe in 1827, depicts the tracks of the Astrolabe around the island & includes both topographical & hydrographical details around the shorelines. The island is within a sailing day of Fiji and was discovered by Abel Tasman in 1643. This chart was included in “Atlas Hydrographique” by Capt. Cyrille Pierre La Place in Paris in 1835.

PAC255 - RUTH TAYLOR WHITE “Territory of Hawaii” & “Samoa” NY. 1935, Colored. 8½X11½. Very colorful map by Ruth Taylor White, a well-known illustrator in the 30's who traveled widely drawing maps in a whimsical, humorous style, of the countries & places she visited. This two part map shows islanders & tourists having fun in the sun, boating, swimming, gardening, fishing, sum bathing, under palm trees and amidst sugar plantations & pineapples. The Hawaii section of the map depicts Kaui, Molokai, Oahu, Maui & the big island of Hawaii On the Samoa map is a note stating “Drop this bit of Ocean 2000 miles south of Hawaii & you have the location of the Samoan Islands.” On the Hawaii map is an arrow with a note “Midway Island (U.S.) is 1200 miles N.W.” This is a colorful, charming map from the Ruth Taylor White Atlas.

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