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SKETCH OF THE HARBOUR OF SAMGANOODA ON THE ISLAND OONALASKA, 1784

SKETCH OF THE HARBOUR OF SAMGANOODA ON THE  ISLAND OONALASKA, 1784
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SKETCH OF THE HARBOUR OF SAMGANOODA ON THE  ISLAND OONALASKA, 1784
SKETCH OF THE HARBOUR OF SAMGANOODA ON THE  ISLAND OONALASKA, 1784
SKETCH OF THE HARBOUR OF SAMGANOODA ON THE  ISLAND OONALASKA, 1784

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A rare original copper-plate topographically detailed engraving by (Thos.) Harmar (Plate 33) from a drawing by Henry Roberts from Cook’s Third Voyage, and published in 1784 by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, printed by W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell; the chart was made in 1778 after the expedition sighted Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands on 27 June 1778; presented in very good condition, protected in clear film sleeve - image size 17.8 x 16.5cm (7 x 6 1/2in)