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Gesigt van het Eiland Otahiti en enige Vaartuigen van hetselve

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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/23163419

Description

Copy by an unknown Dutch artist after Parkinson's engraving published in John Hawkesworth (1773) 'A view of the Island of Otaheite ...' from Captain James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific. Shows a raft and three large canoes with outriggers, sails and, in two cases, superstructures. Houses on shore amongst coconut palms to the right and people on shore in the left foreground. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Tahiti, French Polynesia

Country

French Polynesia

Tags

People
Rivers
Boats

Category

Travel & Transport

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