[TRISTAN DA CUNAHA]. Chart of the Islands of Tristan da Cunha. Dated 1767. 290 x 245mm., hand drawn colored map, trimmed, torn, mounted.

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[TRISTAN DA CUNAHA]. Chart of the Islands of Tristan da Cunha. Dated 1767. 290 x 245mm., hand drawn colored map, trimmed, torn, mounted.

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A note states that this map was carried on the H.M.S. Peacock which being sunk in the war of 1812 was transferred to H.M.S. Penguin. A second note by Captain Bidde states that U.S. Sloop "Hornet" captured the Penguin Jan. 1815 and confiscated the map.

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