Monument Eleve a Hawaii au Capitaine Cook. Iles Sandwich.
Paris: Akermann & Co, c. 1845. View of Karakakoa Bay in Hawaii, scene of Captain Cook's death. The view is from the voluminous 'Voyage Autour du Monde Execute Pendant les Annees 1836,1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite'.
The monument was erected approximately where Captain James Cook was killed in 1779. The view was sketched by Theodore Fisquet, one of the artists on the Bonite expedition, a French scientific and diplomatic voyage that circumnavigated the globe in 1836 - 1837. Unlike Cook's voyage, the Bonite was particularly fortunate and no sailors were lost.
Black and white lithograph, plate 47. 12.5 x 9" plus wide margins, very good condition. Borba de Moraes, 874; Nissen, ZBI, 4208; Sabin, 98298; Stafleu, 1969; Wood, 609, referring to the book. Item #8476
Price: $750.00