1755 Prevost Antique Plans Cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in Zhejiang Province, China Title Pages the Admiralty engaged Cook to

the Admiralty engaged Cook to command a scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique print of Captain Cooks ships HMS Resolution and Discovery anchored in Snug Corner Cove

of the spectacular and colourful maps of Japan produced by Europeans

Size: 22in x 15in (560mm x 380mm)

with a deliciously observed Suffolk landscape dappled by sunlight and shadow of cloud

1755 Prevost Antique Plans Cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in Zhejiang Province, China Title Pages the Admiralty engaged Cook toTitle: Vusihyen; Hou Tcheou Fou Date: 1755 Size: 10in x 7 1 2in (255mm x 190mm) Ref: 15831 Condition : (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, original copper plate engraved antique map, plans of the cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang by Jakob van Schley in 1755 after Jean Baptiste Du Halde was published in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors