1787 Bankes Antique Print View of the Islands of Tahiti - Cooks 3rd Voyage, 1777 Italy the site of the District

the site of the District of Columbia along the Potomac River was first selected by President George Washington

the Elector of Bavaria

after the conquest of Rome by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy

Title : Mansfelda Comitatus

The original wooden ceiling had burnt out

1787 Bankes Antique Print View of the Islands of Tahiti - Cooks 3rd Voyage, 1777 Italy the site of the DistrictTitle : View of the Islands of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 31793 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,