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Gezicht van de Resoluti Baai, op't Eiland St. Christina, een der Marquisen Eilanden

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Date

[ca 1785]

Artist

Collective Title

Artist unknown :Views in the South Seas [1769-1779. Drawn 1780s?]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23148408

Description

Copy of an engraving published in Cook (1777, I, plate 33, fp 306) after Hodges' 'Resolution Bay in the Marquesas'. Shows a large bay (Vaitahu Bay) with several Marquesans in 4 canoes, one canoe with a large triangular sail to the right. The Resolution and Adventure can be seen through a gap in the rocks in the right background. Santa Christina is now known as Tahuata. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Vaitahu, Tahuata, French Polynesia

Country

French Polynesia

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People
Boats
Seascapes
Trees

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

Resolution Bay was another name for Vaitahu Bay. (“Titus Coan: Apostle to the Sandwich Islands”, By Phil Corr.)

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