Society Islands and Easter Island: Chile – Tetiaroa, Huahine, Moorea, Meetia, Easter Island, Maiao and Manuae, c. 1776

Society Islands and Easter Island: Chile – Tetiaroa, Huahine, Moorea, Meetia, Easter Island, Maiao and Manuae, c. 1776 after Juan de Hervé

Hand drawn and coloured on laid paper

SAFE/MT4 910/1770/1 & 2

Acquired from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps in 2014

This chart details several islands and views encountered by Don Domingo de Boenechea y Andonaegui on his second voyage between 1774–75. The chart shows one of the earliest known illustrations of Easter Island and the mysterious stone statues.