1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map, Champagne Region of France California Samuel Wallis anchored in Matavai

Samuel Wallis anchored in Matavai Bay in 1767 as did Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1768 & Capt James Cook landed in Matavai Bay in 1769 and returned in his next two voyages

soon after the son of Christopher Columbus settled on the island

Ref:  50203

noting the harbour was difficult to enter

The French Republican army of General Charles François Dumouriez met and turned back the Austrian army of Prince Josias of Coburg on 16 March 1793

1628 Gerard Mercator & Henricus Hondius Antique Map, Champagne Region of France California Samuel Wallis anchored in MatavaiTitle : Champagne Comitatus Campania Size: 21in x 17in (530mm x 430mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Date : 1628 Ref #: 26134 Description: This original copper plate engraved antique map of the French region of Champagne by Gerard Mercator was published by Henricus Hondius in the early 1628 French edition of Gerard Mercators Atlas. These maps, published in the early editions of Mercators atlas, are the original maps drawn and engraved by Gerald