1786 Bowen Antique Map 3 x Cook Islands & 1 x Society Island - Cooks Voyage 1777 Cooks Voyages In the West

In the West

The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia was published in Sydney between 1886-88

and the Dutch in Bahia and Pernambuco

There is no evidence in the expedition\'s records or French governmental archives to suggest that there were political objectives in this circumnavigation but

from the crude and fanciful depictions of the early sixteenth century to the first accurate maps published in the mid-nineteenth century

1786 Bowen Antique Map 3 x Cook Islands & 1 x Society Island - Cooks Voyage 1777 Cooks Voyages In the WestTitle : Wanooaette Isl; Wateeoo I; Mangeea Island Toobouai Island Size: 13 1 2in x 9 1 2in (345mm x 240mm) Ref #: 21697 Date : 1786 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique map of three of the Cook Islands, Takutea (Wanooaette) Atiu (Wateeoo) and Mangaia (Mangeea) and a 4th map of the Island of Tubuai (Toobouai) in French Polynesia near Tahiti, visited by Captain Cook in HMS Resolution & Discovery in