A beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin. This one show a vessel cut through to show its six decks, and a dry dock for repairing a large ship.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, is an accurate and elegant representation of two ships of the time.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

A beautiful print of two small boats, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

This beautiful print, both elegant and exact, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows side, end and plan elevation for a lifeboat of a larger vessel.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

Splendid portrait of three New Zealand inhabitants resting on the shore.

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 20 / 14 x 8

This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows two kinds of small fishing vessel.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows a dry dock for the building of ‘ships of the King’ by the Charente River. The print shows in detail the structure of the docks and the mechanics of the locks for flooding and draining the dock.

Dimensions (W x H): 89 x 34 / 35 x 13½

This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows a shipyard in operation, with a partly constructed ship in the background, a dry dock in the foreground, and an observation platform to the left. This print depicts a hive of activity, with many workers engaged ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43.5 x 34 / 17 x 13½

This spectacular print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows a large rowing boat with scores of oarsmen, scudding across the sea with pennants flying from the two masts. Diagram of anchors at top left.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 34 / 25 x 13½

Magnificent brooding engraving of a ship negotiating waterspouts in stormy seas off the New Zealand coast.

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

Handsome view from a height, of the barren mountainous coast of Tierra del Fuego, with a tiny ship in the bay below, and a bird perched on a rock in the foreground.

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 23.5 / 14½ x 9½

View on the island of Tanna, part of Vanuatu, with a family of local inhabitants, under a tree, near their shoreside home.

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

Coastal view of New Calledonia, with a strolling native, exotic vegetation, hills beyond.

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 21.5 / 14 x 8½

A fine chart of the Cook Straits dividing New Zealand's North and South Islands showing Admiralty Bay, Queen Charlotte's Sound, Cloudy Bay, Cape Palliser and detailed coastal topography. The North and South Islands are named “Partie De Tavai Poe Na Mmoo”, and “Partie D'Eahe I No Mauwe”. With ...

Dimensions (W x H): 27.5 x 27 / 11 x 10½

An attractive hemispherical map, centered on Antarctica, showing the voyages of Captain Cook and other explorers. The map shows the extant knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere at the time. Lists of the longitude and latitude of numerous islands, capes and points in lower corners, title along top ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53.5 x 53.5 / 21 x 21

An interesting map of the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu showing the route taken by Captain Cook with notations of dates.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 36.5 / 18½ x 14½

An interesting map of the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu showing the route taken by Captain Cook with notations of dates.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 36.5 / 18½ x 14½

An interesting map of the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu showing the route taken by Captain Cook with notations of dates.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 36.5 / 18½ x 14½

An interesting map of the islands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu showing the route taken by Captain Cook with notations of dates.

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 36.5 / 18½ x 14½

The map shows part of the south west coast of South Island, with an inset map of Pickersgill Harbour, with depth soundings . From an early French translation of Cook’s Third Voyage.

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 20 / 15 x 8

An interesting chart of The River Thames and Mercury Bay with insets of The Bay of Islands, and Tolaga Bay. Showing depth-soundings and anchorages. It is based on surveys brought back to England at the end of Capt. James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific and New Zealand which lasted 3 years from ...

Dimensions (W x H): 43 x 27.5 / 17 x 11