ANTIQUE MAPS: 1ST VOYAGE OF JAMES COOK, 1768-1771

A selection of 4 rare original copper-plate engravings from three separate sources, (a) Map of the River Thames and Mercury Bay in New Zealand with 2 insets, from John Hawkesworth's 1773 account of the voyage, (b) Map of the Queen Charlotte Islands, from the 1774 French Edition of the above, and (c) Map of the Society Islands, and Map of New Holland with insets, from Bonne's "Atlas Encyclopedique" of 1788; in good to very good condition in protective plastic sleeve