View of Macaulay’s Island.

Scarce c.18th first fleet engraving of Macauley’s Island, part of the Kermadec Islands, discovered and named by Lieutenant John Cliffe Watts, the first European to visit both Macauley and Curtis Islands which he named after two of his officers on the Lady Penrhyn in the late 1780’s.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1807751
State Library Victoria: Accession no: 30328102131546/12

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 47.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 pp.59-64, pp.127-128, p.345-5, ill. p.63..
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney 1987