Antique Map of the Northwest Coast of Masafuera Island or Selkirk Island

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Antique Map of the Northwest Coast of Masafuera Island or Selkirk Island

€ 340

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

Sheet size: 26.6 × 39.2 cm (10.5 × 15.4 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12707-104

Condition

General age-related toning. Shows some wear and soiling, blank verso. Small defect lower left corner. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Vue de Cote N.O. de Masafuero'. Profile view of the north-west coast of Masafuera Island (also called Alejandro Selkirk Island). It also shows the anchorage of the Swallow and depth soundings.

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.