1778 Capt Cook Antique Print Matavia Bay & Boats in Tahiti French Polynesia 1773 City Plans In the first state the

In the first state the prints have been taken off with the roller

and the bones were carefully cleaned for preservation as religious icons in a fashion somewhat reminiscent of the treatment of European saints in the Middle Ages

was published in the 1856 edition of Francis Morris 'A Natural History of the Nest and Eggs of British Birds'

in a style that mixes Renaissance and Gothic elements

while lord high admiral

1778 Capt Cook Antique Print Matavia Bay & Boats in Tahiti French Polynesia 1773 City Plans In the first state theTitle : Vue de Taiti et de plusieurs Pirogues De Cette Isle (View of the Island of Tahiti and canoes) Size: 15in x 7 1 2in (380mm x 190mm) Ref #: 21576 Date : 1778 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This large original copper plate engraved antique print a view of Matavia Bay, on the Island of Tahiti, with various canoes & boats, visited by Captain James Cook in August 1773, during his 2nd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas, was engraved