GANDOLPHE DE NEUVILLE RenéeLivre Rare Book
G Vancouver; J Baker, Buache de NeuvilleBiblio.com
Carte des Iles Sandwich
1800M5617Paris: Dépôt de la Marine 1800. Excellent. Notes: Two inset maps one of the Gallapagos Islands and the other of Cocos Island.<br><br>George Vancouver 1758-1798 served as an officer in the second and third voyages of James Cook 1772-4 1776-80 and as a seasoned sailor and established surveyor was placed in command of an expedition to the Northwest Coast to determine England’s rights under the Nootka Sound convention of 1790. He left the British Isles in 1791 and sailed via Cape of Good Hope to Australia where he made a survey of the southwest coast and New Zealand to Tahiti and Hawaii. In April 1792 Vancouver left Hawaii and sailed to the Californian coast. Size : 595x805 mm 23.375x31.625 Inches Coloring: Black & White Category: Maps United States West Hawaii; Dépôt de la Marine unknown
