1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Australia/Oceania and the Empire\'s population grew

and the Empire\'s population grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world\'s population at the time) The 500-year-old republic which preceded it had been severely destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict

Germany - during the Spanish War of Succession - was engraved by John Basire and published in the 1745 edition of Nicholas Tindals Continuation of Mr

This magnificent hand coloured original copper-plate engraved antique map of Southern Italy in the mid to late 18th century by Robert De Vaugondy was published in the 1757 edition of De Vaugondys famous The Atlas Universel

In 1843 he was appointed correspondent for the Historical Monuments Committee

an Investigation Into the Origin and Authenticity in "Travels in China

1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Australia/Oceania and the Empire\'s population grewTitle : View of the Fleet of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 21397 1 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of Matavai Bay and the Island of Tahiti during Captain Cooks visit to the Island during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography,