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[Profile view of Waimea, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands.

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Date

[January 1778]

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/22753656

Description

2 faint pencil coastal profiles top and centre of the sheet; wash outline of hills from the sea at the bottom. Identified by David Forbes as the first known European view of the Hawaiian Islands January 1778.

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

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Hawaiian Islands, USA

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Hills

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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