par le lieutenant J. Cook 1769 ; Bénard dir. Scale in English miles. "Echelle de Milles A." in left margin. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Prime meridian: Greenwich. "Longit. Ouest du Méridien de Greenwich." "Benard Dir." in lower left. "Tome 19. in 80. Page 83." in lower right. "Tome 2. in 40. Pl. 8." in upper left. Map of Tahiti and Moorea Islands with relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. From: Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des voyages contenant ce qu'il a de plus remarquable, de plus utile, & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré ... / par M. de la Harpe. Paris, 1780. La Harpe's work is an abridged version of A.I. Prévost de Exiles' Histoire générale des voyages, for which Bellin engraved the maps.
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Cook, James, 1728-1779, Bénard, Robert, active 1750-1785, and Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
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