STRAITS OF MAGELLAN CHILE 1784 ANDERSON ORIGINAL VIEW

ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 1784

Fine and decorative copper engraved view showing Bouganville at the Straits of Magellan, Chile

The plate has been published in this following travel book:

ANDERSON, George William

A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making new discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c., &c., &c. ... To which will be added, complete and genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c.... / The whole of these voyages of Capt. Cook, F.R.S. &c., now published under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, Esq., assisted by a principal officer who sailed in the Resolution sloop, and by other gentlemen of the Royal Navy.

London : Printed and published by Alex. Hogg ..., [1784-1786].

Decorated borders

Sheet size approx.:   cm 16,9 x 28,3

Paper size approx.: cm 24,6 x  37,8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Bougainville

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, pp. 5-6

Hill describes the Anderson voyages as “an important collection of English voyages richly illustrated,” noting that “Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials, from other sources, are added to give scope and depth to the narratives.” In addition to a number of maps and charts, many of the famous images from Cook’s voyages are reproduced here, including the detailed portraits of native peoples he encountered and their rights and customs.