Antique Map of the Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago

€ 380

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Sheet size: 28 × 45.3 cm (11.0 × 17.8 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-12707-103

Condition

General age-related toning. Shows some wear and soiling, few small spots. Wear mostly in margins. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Trois Vues des Isles de l'Amirauté'. Several coastal views of the Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean.

Published in an edition of John Hawkesworth's atlas to accompany a French edition of Captain James Cook's voyages to the Southern Hemisphere. Published 1774.