1769 SOCIETY ISLANDS - Captain Cook - FREE SHIPPING Start Price USD 100.00 Current Price USD 100.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 20, 2008 Location North of Seattle See more about '1769 SOCIETY ISLANDS - Captain Cook - FREE SHIPPING' Description       1.888.656.2006   or   1.604.922.2444       questions@voyager-press.com Search by Topic Africa America - North America -South Arabia - Middle East Arctic - Antarctic Asia - Central Asia - China & Japan Asia - Southeast Australia & Pacific Bibliographies Europe Globes Graphic Arts Literature Maps & Prints Mountaineering Natural History Russia Sciences Signed & Inscribed Sir Richard F. Burton     Scarce 18th Century Map of the Society Islands from Cook's Voyage  Map Title: Carte des Isles de la Societé découvertes par le Lieutenant J. Cook 1769.  Charte von den Societaets Inseln entdeckt vom Lieutenant J. Cook 1769.Printed: Berlin, 1774.A scarce and remarkable map of the Society Islands discovered by Captain Cook in 1769. Includes Maurua [Maupiti], BolaBola [Bora Bora], Otaha [Tahaa], Uliete [Raiatea], Tubai [Tupai], and Huaheine [Huahine], and depicts geographical and topographical features of each island. This is an original antique map from the German edition of Cook's First Voyage, entitled "Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional, et successivement exécutés par le commodore Byron, le capitaine Carteret, le capitaine Wallis et le capitaine Cook dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin , le Swallow and l'Endeavour", printed in 1774. Text is in German and French.  Sheet measures 13 inches x 18.25 inches (33 cm x 46 cm). The image measures 11.5 inches x 17 inches (29.5 cm x 43.5 cm). Slightly creased in far right margin, otherwise in very good condition with strong impression.  Nice heavyweight rag paper. The Society Islands are a group of islands in the south Pacific, administratively part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook states in his journal that he called the islands Society "as they lay contiguous to one another" Captain James Cook, explorer, cartographer and hydrographer went to command several notable voyages, the first was from 1768-1771. He was led to his commission by the direction of British overseas exploration in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages. Cook later mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only some minor errors. He then sailed west, reaching the south-eastern coast of the Australian continent on 19 April 1770, and in doing so his expedition became the first recorded Europeans to have encountered its eastern coastline.   Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!