The North side of the largest of Queen Charlotte’s Islands, as it appeared running along shore to the Westward.

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Maps and coastal view of one of the islands within the Queen Charlotte’s Islands (Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands) by Phillip Carteret July-August 1767 on the Swallow. The two inset maps are of Swallow’s Bay and Byron’s Harbour.

View contains a secondary view of the nearby volcanic island [i.e. Nupani] and is entitled: The south side of a volcano, 6 leagues north of the above.

From Hawkesworth,  An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,..

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Weight 1733 kg
Dimensions 37.5 × 48.5 × 2 cm