1755 Prevost Antique Plans Cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in Zhejiang Province, China Australia Paris in 1859

Paris in 1859

who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616

This original copper-plate engraved map by Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage was engraved in 1787 - dated in the title - and was published in the 1787 edition of Jean-Jacques Barthelemy famous Voyage du jeune Anarcharsis en Grece or Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece in 4 volumes

Cook anchored in Vaitepiha Bay before returning to Point Venus where he met Tu (Pomare I) the paramount chief

Completely reliant on mining

1755 Prevost Antique Plans Cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in Zhejiang Province, China Australia Paris in 1859Title: Vusihyen; Hou Tcheou Fou Date: 1755 Size: 10in x 7 1 2in (255mm x 190mm) Ref: 25777 Condition : (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, original copper plate engraved antique map, plans of the cities of Jinhua & Pinghu in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang by Jakob van Schley in 1755 after Jean Baptiste Du Halde was published in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors