Subject: Exploration - South Pacific
Period: 1794 (published)
Publication: A Voyage to the Pacific…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15 x 9 inches
38.1 x 22.9 cm
Lovely folio engraving of Cook's visit to the Ha'apai islands of The Friendly Islands. The scene depicts the village gathered in a huge circle with men demonstrating hand-to-hand combat for entertainment. Drawn by Webber and engraved by Heath.
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Condition: A
Pleasant later color with some bleed through to verso. Faint foxing in blank margins.