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Title: Carte des Isles des Amis

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1788

Publishers

  • [Paris? : Hôtel de Thou? , 1788?]

Summary

Map of the Isles des Amis [i.e. Friendly Islands] in the Tongan Island group. The map includes insets of a chart of Tongatapu Bay and other islands within this group. Decorative features include a compass star and a fleur de lis indicating North. Relief is shown by hachures and soundings. At upper left corner of sheet: Cook 3e. voyage. At upper right corner of sheet: 129. Insets: Plan du havre de Tongataboo -- Mangeea I. -- Toobouai I. -- Wateeoo I. Probably issued in: Atlas encyclopédique / R. Bonne and N. Desmarest. A Paris : Hôtel de Thou, 1787-1788.

Subjects

  • Tonga
  • Cook, James, 1728-1779—Travel—Tonga
  • Tonga—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Maps—Tonga—1788
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-177.0074, -173.5028, -18.0067, -21.7154)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-177.0074, -173.5028, -18.0067, -21.7154)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794. Carte des Isles des Amis. [Paris? : Hôtel de Thou? , 1788?]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-g445cg19q

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • fra