Jun 13, 2024 - Sale 2672

Sale 2672 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
(HAWAII.) Group of 8 eighteenth-century engraved maps and coastal elevation charts. Vp, vd

Additional Details

- William Harrison & Co. A New Chart of the Sandwich Islands; Including Owhyhee, Where Captn. Cooke Was Killed on Sunday the 14th of February 1779. 9¾x14½ inches sheet size, wide margins; old fold, small paper loss at lower left corner. London, 1784.

- Captain Cook/Rigobert Bonne. Carte des Isles Sandwich. 11¼x15½ inches sheet size, wide margins; no flaws. Paris, 1780s.

- Captain Cook/Robert Bernard. Carte des Isles Sandwich. 12x20 inches sheet size, wide margins; old folds, else fine. Paris, 1785.

- Jean Francois Galaup, Comte de La Perouse. Carte des Iles Sandwich / Carte des Parties des Iles Sandwich. 27¾x20¼ inches sheet size, wide margins; printer's crease and small edge loss at left. Paris, 1797.

- Jean Francois Galaup, Comte de La Perouse. Carte Plate de l'Ile Necker. 21¾x31 inches sheet size, wide margins; printer's crease at center, minor edge wrinkle. Paris, 1797.

- George Dixon. Plan d'Une Baie sur la Partie Meridionale de Whaoo / Baie d'Yam Isle d'Oneehow. 17½x11¼ inches sheet size, right margin trimmed short for binding; original folds. Paris, 1789

- Captain Cook/Robert Bernard. Vue des Isles Sandwich. 11x17 inches sheet size, wide margins; minor flaw at upper center fold. Paris, 1785.

- John Meares. Isle de Johnston / Isles de Freewill / Isles Tatee / Isle Sandwich. 8½x11¼ inches sheet size, wide margins; binding edge at top. Paris, 1795.