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Maris Pacifici.
From the rare Dutch text edition of the Theatrum of which according to van den Broecke only 100 copies are printed.This was the first printed map to be devoted solely to ...
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1598
[Locals.]
Scarce print on French text sheet showing a copper engraved view of locals in Oceania.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in first French t...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622
[The attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.]
Scarce print on French text sheet showing the attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.From a description of the voyage of Le Maire and Schouten included in the first Fre...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1622
[The attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.]
Scarce print (145x210mm.) on a German text sheet showing the attack by Schouten and his men on a waka.The page is taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's ...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1631
Cocos Insel Cocos Insula / Verräter Insel Insula proditorum.
Scarce print (148x204mm.) on a German text sheet showing the landing of Le Maire and Schouten at Cocos Island in May 1616 (today’s Tafahi in the Tonga Islands). Named b...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1631
Vligen Insel.
Scarce print (168x200mm.) on a German text sheet showing the attack of mosquitos on Schouten's ship.The page is taken from a first edition of Johann Ludwig Gottfried's &q...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M. Merian, 1631
[The natives eat, drink and dance for their king].
Food was carried on the natives’ heads as they humbly crept forward on their knees to greet the Dutch. The drink, called cava, was made from a certain plant, which they...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
[The description of Horn's Island].
This was a charming and beautiful island, full of coconuts, upas-root and wild pigs, which the natives either offered or sold to the Dutch. The natives seemed very wild a...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
[The Dutch are received at another island in Samoa].
On visiting another island [in Samoa] the Dutch were made heartily welcome by the king and all the inhabitants. A king of another neighbouring island also called to meet ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
[The adventures of the Dutch at 'Bottomless' island in Samoa].
The Dutch arrived at an island [in Samoa] fringed with wild vines on which there were native men with long hair and native women with short hair. Because the water surrou...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Mar del Zur, Hispanis Mare Pacificum.
Janssonius' fine chart of the Pacific including the west coast of America with California shown as an island, Japan and a small Australian coastline. This is the earliest...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
.Pascaerte Vande Zuyd-Zee tusschen California, en Ilhas de Ladrones. . .
A decorative and most interesting map - being one of the earliest of the Pacific to record the observations of Tasman's voyages. The northern part of the island of Califo...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666
L'Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes.
Decorative map depicting from the southern pole to the Equator with good detail, and showing all the political divisions.Showing South America, southern Africa, the west ...
- $1000 / ≈ €936
Place & Date: Amsterdam, c. 1745
Instruments des insulaires de la Mer du Sud. [Tome II Pl. 15.]
Divers tools. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pou...
- $15 / ≈ €14
Place & Date: Paris, 1773
Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]
A view on the Island of Ulietea, French Polynesia, of a dugout boat house and a beautifully engraved pirogue at sea. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1773
Vue de l'Isle d'Huaheine avec La Maison de Dieu, et un petit Autel couvert d'offrandes. [Tome III Pl. 4.]
A view of the Island of Huaheine, Tahiti, a beautiful tropical Owharra tree in the foreground and a depiction of the House of God with its offertory. From the French edit...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1773
Cession de l'Isle d'Ohahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. [Tome II Pl. 2.]
The Queen Oberea's transfer ceremony on Tahiti to Captain Wallis.Engraved by François Godefroi. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation de...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1774
Potatow Capo dei Tahiti Isola nel Mare Pacifico del Sud. / Potatow Chef de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian chief Potatow. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Homme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hébrides dans la Mer du Pacifique.
Full portrait of a man from the island of Tanna in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by W...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo della flotta degli Otahiti nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de la flotte des Otahiti dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of captain of the Otahiti flotilla. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges,...
- $450 / ≈ €421
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Isles de la Reine Charlotte.
Four charts on one page including chart of Nendö Island, largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group, as mapped by Captain Cartaret in 1767, the...
- $40 / ≈ €37
Place & Date: Paris, 1790
Donna dell' Isola di Tanna, una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l' Isle de Tanna, une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman, a native from the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Wi...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola d' Erramanga una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico. / Femme de l'Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman, native of the island of Erramanga in the Pacific. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original ...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left]. Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud. . .
Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left]. Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud [to right]. Li Vomini di questa Isola...
- $275 / ≈ €257
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Otoo, Re di Tahiti Isola nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Otoo, Roi de Tahiti Isle dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Hawaiian King Otoo. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who acco...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle de S.e Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman from the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Capo dell' Isola di S.a Cristina una delle Marchesi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Chef de l'Isle de Ste. Christine une des Marquises dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of the Chief of the Saint Christina Island. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Femme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a woman from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who ...
- $350 / ≈ €328
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Uomo della nuova Caledonia Isola del Mar Pacifico. / Homme de la nouvelle Calédonie Isle dans la Mer Pacifique.
Full portrait of a native from New Caledonia. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by William Hodges, who...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Donna dell' Isola di Mallicolo una delle nuove Ebridi nel Mar Pacifico del Sud. / Femme de l' Isle d'Erramanga une des nouvelles Hebrides dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud.
Full portrait of a woman, a native of the island of Mallico. A rare engraving from "Raccolata di stampe ... di varie nazioni". From the original drawing by Will...
- $250 / ≈ €234
Place & Date: Venice, Antonio Zatta, c.1790
Nuova Guinea e Nuova Galles ed Isole Adjacenti
Map of the South Pacific, showing the sailing routes to the South Pacific by Carteret and Byron, but most importantly the discoveries made by Captain Cook, 1768-1771. The...
- $1750 / ≈ €1638
Place & Date: Venise, 1794-1796
Plan de L'Isle de Paque / Plan de la Baie de Cook.
Two engraved maps and four coastal profiles of Easter Island in the Pacific. First published in the Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse. This is the edition of the extremely ra...
Place & Date: Paris, 1797-1807
Boats of the Friendly Islands. [together with] A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite.
Early view of Queen charlotte's sound, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while employed a...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
View of the harbour of Taloo, in the island of Eimeo.
John Webber View of the Harbour of Taloo on Moorea (Society Islands), from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes enc...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
A view in Oheitepeha Bay in the Island of Otaheite. (Tahiti)
A view of Vaitepiha Bay (Tahiti), with a mountainous landscape, with a river in the centre, a small canoe, Tahitian houses to the right, and a Tahitian couple in the left...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Océanique Oriente.
Drom the Carolines to New Zealand and east to Pitcairn Island with Australia from Torres Strait to Tasmania. Engraved by J.B.Tardieu and prepared by Giraldon.From Conrad ...
- $300 / ≈ €281
Place & Date: Paris, 1809/1812
Australien (Südland) auch Polynesien oder Inselwelt..
SECOND EDITION of the Johann Walch map of Australasia and the South Pacific. Australia letteredNeu Holland, the name given to it by Able Tasman that was still in use unti...
- $1100 / ≈ €1029
Place & Date: Augsburg, 1802-1820
[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting an indoor meeting in the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[The Admiralty Islands and New Britain inhabitants fishing. Papua New Guinea ].
Aquatint depicting fishermen in dugouts engraved by A. Biasioli. Plate N° 14. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].
Aquatint depicting Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis upon his arrival in Tahiti. Engraved by Gallina. Plate N° 82. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mo...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Milan, 1827