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Antonio Zatta - Nuove Scoperte Fatte nel 1765.67.e 69 nel Mare Del Sud

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Lot Details

Venezia 1776 (published 1779), hand coloured map, title vignette lower right and text relating to Captain Cook lower left, in a burr maple frame, fold line visible otherwise an excellent clean map. This is the first edition of the first decorative map to show Cook's tracks in the Pacific. Zatta was a leading cartographer and publisher in the 18th century.