b'130869868 image 23 x 15cm; framed 42 x 34.5cm overall.NEW ZEALAND: JAMES COOK: The earliest British map of Van Diemens Land from Cooks Carte de la N.le Zelande visite en 1769 et 1770 parA Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, le Lieutenant J. Cook Commandant de lEndeavourperformed in His Majestys Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.vaieau de la Majest $500750James COOKPublished Paris, 1774; Engraved by Robert Benard.49 x 38cm.The original French edition of James Cooks Chart of New Zealand, from the first French edition of Hawkesworths Voyages.This is the first French edition of the most important single map in New Zealands history and the first complete map of the two islands coastlines. It confirmed that New Zealand was not part of a mysterious southern continent and records some of the earliest interactions between Europeans and Maoris.$1,2002,000 869ANTONIO ZATTA (1757-1797),Nuove Scoperte Fatte nel 1765, 67, e 69 nel Mare del Sud,Venice, 1776, hand-coloured copper plate engraving,30 x 41cm; framed 49.5 x 59cm overall.A very early representation of the discoveries made by Cook, Wallis, Byron and Cartaret. The charting of the east coast of Australia and New Zealand is shown in detail, based on Cooks map of the region, the Chart of part of the South Seas.$500750870Captain TOBIAS FURNEAUX (1735-1781),Sketch of Van Diemen Land, Explored by Captn Furneaux, in March 1773.,[William Strahan & Thomas Cadell, London, 1777],copper engraving showing the track of Furneauxs ship Adventure,870'