German edition of Bellin's map of the wind directions within the Pacific Ocean.…[more]

A beautiful map of the Australian region and Pacific. The map is surrounded by a very decorative border depicting scenes from the Pacific.

This map comes from one of the last ornate…[more]

The map focuses on Asia. New Guinea is also shown to be divided, showing the strait (Endeavour Strait) that would soon be lost until Cook traveled through it in 1770. It can also be assumed that…[more]

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This map displays a Celtic style border that provides a good frame for the map. This map is from a popular American atlas that would have been in many family homes and been a key note of reference…[more]

James Cook & William Bligh's map of part of the southern coast of Tasmania, formely Van Diemen's land. The charting was carried out during Cook's third voyage during which he was killed in Hawaii…[more]

Gold regions marked. More Information to…[more]

The map depicts the region between South Africa and Australia, focusing on the extent of possessed lands. It is resonably detailed and has inset lists of the total of Britains land holdings in the…[more]

A heavily illustrated map of Australasia with many vignettes surrounding the map. The vignettes include scenes of the native population in Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands including…[more]

Early map of the eastern hemisphere.…[more]

"A Chart Shewing the tract of Capt Cook’s last voyage 1799", by Low. The map shows the route of Cook’s third voyage around the Pacific rim in search of the fabled Northwest passage. On the…[more]

From the French/German edition of Cook's first voyage. Cook's chart depicts three bays in the north island of New Zealand. The Firth of Thames, Tolga Bay, and the Bay of…[more]

One of a number of variations of the this map. The eastern hemisphere has Australia depicted with the classic exagerated eastern coastline especially used by the French pre-Cook. The map is…[more]

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Major Thomas Livingstone Mitchell was a man that was both successful with his exploration and surveying and also criticised for some of his methods. He was the Surveyor General after Oxley and…[more]

Blackwood's map of the Southern Pacific is based on James Cook's 1773 chart of the same area. In this case the map was produced to be included in "Kerrs collection of voyages and travels". As…[more]

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From the French/German edition of James Cook's first voyage in which he charted New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. The map depicts Cook's Strait, that seperates the north and south…[more]