A fine engraved map entitled: "Plan de L'Ile Tonga-Tabou Leve et dresse par M. E. Paris Enseigne de Vaisseau. Expedition de la Corvette de S. M. l'Astrolabe. Avril et Mai 1827".

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Grave par Chassant. Ecrit par Hacq. (Paris ca. 1829). Measurements 58cm. x 42.5cm. plus good margins. Lightly foxed. An attractive map of the Tonga Islands in Polynesia. NOTE: Islands discovered in 1606 by the Dutch visited by Tasman in 1643 and by Capt. Cook in 1773 and again in 1777.