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A chart of the Navigators Islands or Samoa as we know them today in the Pacific Ocean. They were discovered by Bougainville in 1768 and visited again by Comte de La Perouse in 1786. The tracks of La Perouse are shown along with eight coastal prospects. This is the first printed map of Samoa in its first issue with uncut margins, a fine example. An inset upper right depicts Bougainville’s track through the islands. Shirley ‘Atlases in the BL’ G.LPR-1a no. 64.
LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois Comte de

Carte de l'Archipel des Navigateurs Decouvert par M. de Bougainville en 1768 et Reconnu par les Francaises en Dec. 1787

Paris, 1797
490 x 680 mm., in very good condition. With original deckled edges.
Stock number: 5151

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