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Gesigt van oude gedenktekenen op het Paasch-Eiland

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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

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https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23059409

Description

Copy by an unknown Dutch artist after Hodges' engraving published in Cook (1777, I, plate 64, fp 294) ' Monuments in Easter Island'. Shows two Easter Island statues, one broken, on the left, a man alongside, and a human skeleton under a rocky ridge to the right. From James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch.

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile

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People
Hills
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Trees

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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