Pacific Ocean, Australia, New Zealand Thomas Cook, 1774, Carte d´une Partie de la Mer du Sud….

This very large map is the 1774 first French edition of this map. It is based on the voyages of Captian Cook and other explorers of the South Pacific Ocean between 1765 - 1769. The routes of Byron, Mouats, Wallis, Carteret, and Cook are depicted, with indications of the dates of their travels and their discoveries. The southeastern tip of Australia is still connected to Tasmania, and the inland area is blank as it was still unexplored at the time.

This map was engraved by Robert Bénard for the 1774 French edition of Hawkesworth's 1773 account of Cook's voyages.
It follows the 1772-1773 English edition engraved by William Whitchurch and published in 1773.

Reference: Tooley (Australia) #334.

Very good condition

Image 35,5x66cm, page 40,5x72cm