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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)