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Zatta map of South Pacific incl. Australia

Title: Nuove Scoperte Fatte nel 1765, 67 e 69 nel Mare del Sud
Author: Zatta, Antonio
Description: Copper-engraved chart/map, hand-colored in outline, colored pictorial cartouche. 30x40 cm. (10¾x15½).Chart of Oceania, showing the routes of Carteret and Byron, but most importantly the discoveries made by Captain Cook, 1768-71. These include the first circumnavigation of New Zealand and the mapping of the eastern coast of Australia. The coastline of southern Australia is only guessed at.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Venice
Publisher: Presso Antonio Zatta
Date Published: 1776