Bidspirit auction | John Hawkesworth & Robert Benard

John Hawkesworth & Robert Benard - Map - Whitsunday Island - Disappointment Island - Tahiti - Society Island - Cook. This is a fine map shows the explorations of Captain Cook, Captain Byron, Captain Wallis and Captain Carteret in the vicinity of Tahiti and the Society Islands from 1765 to 1769. Published in the French edition of John Hawkesworth's ”An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.” The author depicts territory from Islands Scilly (the Scilly Islands) in the west and to I. Whitsunday de la Pentecote (the Whitsunday Island) in the east, from Is. du Disappointment ( Disappointment Island) in the north to Ohetiroa in the south. Features the routes taken by these important explorers as the zig-zagged in and around the Society Islands. Depicts the island of Tahiti (Otaheite) as well as Bora Bora (Bolabola), Otaha, Marma, Ulietea, and others. Title in decorative script in the upper right quadrant.