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AUSTRALIA: Map, "Nuove Scoperte, Fatte nel 1765, 67 e 69 nel, Mare Del Sud", by Antonia Zatta [Venezia, 1776], hand-coloured, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 64x53cm. {One of the earliest maps to show the tracks of the voyages of Capt. Cook, Carteret, Byron, and Wallis. Zatta's map was based on Cook's 'A Chart of the South Seas', and is one of the earliest to detail Cook's discoveries}.