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South view of Mangia-nooe, distant two miles. See Ellis's Voyage, vol I p.33 and the Chart in Vol. I.

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Date

[March 1777]

Artist

William Wade Ellis (1751-1785)

Collective Title

Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22842657

Description

Shows two men paddling an outrigger canoe before an island fringed with thick vegetation at Mangaia, Cook Islands

Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.30

Detailed catalogue prepared by the South Sea Library London, accompanies drawings in box A-264

See also A-264-005 for preliminary drawing of this scene by Ellis.

Other Titles - Two men in a canoe off Mangaia

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Mangaia, Cook Islands

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Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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