Curio

State Library of New South Wales
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

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. 


Sheet of charts and views detailing several islands encountered by Boenechea on his second voyage, shows view of Easter Island in profile.