BOTANY BAY SOUTH OF SYDNEY ENDEAVOUR RIVER BY COOK

MOND VAN DE ENDEAVOUR RIVIER BOTANIE BAAI IN NIEUW ZUID WALES

£225

Rare and sought after 2 maps on one sheet of Cook's experiences on the New South Wales Coast. This is the slightly later Dutch edition of Cooks map.

The Endeavour river map on left was where Cook was holed up for repairs and named the river Endeavour.

Botany Bay he initially named Stingray Bay but decided due to the splendiforous amount of botanical specimans to name Botany Bay.Botany Bay is just south of Sydney

Excellent hand colour

Very good condition

Published in 1797 or shortly after in Leiden in "Reize rondom de waereld," James Cook.