Macaulay's Island north-east of New Zealand. Kermadec Islands.

by Stockdale, John

Macaulay's Island and Kermadec Islands, near New Zealand c1789.

Kermadec Islands,1,000 miles north-east of New Zealand's North Island - South South East Reach's Isle. South half East Macaulay's Island, distance off shore 4 miles. Macaulay's Island. North by East 1/2 East 3 or 4 miles. Reach's Isle.

Original copperplate engraving by Thomas Medland after a drawing by Lieutenant Watts from the Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island published in London circa 1789 by John Stockdale. (later hand-tinting with watercolour)

To plate mark measures 205 x 250 mm (approximately 8 x 10 inches). Page size is 225 x 295 mm (approx. 9 x 11.5 inches).