Description
Rare c.18th engraved map of Maleku, New Caledonia and Vanuatu from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
Three maps on the one sheet, the larger of Port Resolution, on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Port Sandwich in Mallicollo: Cook had reached Mallicolo (Maleku) 17 July 1774 and made a careful survey of the islands which was completed 1 September 1774, he named the islands the New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
Harbour of Balade in New Caledonia: Cook discovered the island group of New Caledonia, on 4 September 1774, which he named New Caledonia. The Resolution remained in New Caledonia 5 to 13 September, 1774. Balade was in the north of the island.
Port Resolution in the Isle of Tanna: Cook had reached, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) 17 July 1774 and made a careful survey of the islands which was completed 1 September 1774. Naming the islands the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). In August Cook visited Tanna, an island in Tafea Province, and landed in an inlet on the south eastern tip of the island that he named Port Resolution.
From Cook’s, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.
