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| COOK, Captain James. - Emouchoir des Otahitiens avec ses manches. [Tome II Pl. 13.] Paris, 1773, Uncoloured.. 200x170mm. Engraving. Very good condition. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional, et successivement exécutés par le commodore Byron, le capitaine Carteret, le capitaine Wa...
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| COOK, Captain James. - Le Capitaine Wallis est attaqué dans le Dauphin par les Otahitiens. [Tome II Pl. 1ère.] Paris, 1773, Uncoloured.. 200x318mm. Engraving. Very good condition. Scene of an attack by local Tahitians on Captain Wallis' Dolphin ship off Tahiti's shore. Samuel Wallis (1728-95), a Royal Navy Captain and a skilled navigator was given command of H.M.S. Dolphin in 1766 with orders to circumnavigate the world and explore and chart the islands in the Pacific Ocean. ...
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| COOK, Captain James. - Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusieurs Pirogues. [Tome II Pl. 11.] Paris, 1773, Uncoloured.. 200x350mm. Engraving. Very good condition. View of the Island of Tahiti and dugouts. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional, et successivement exécutés par le commodore B...
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| COOK, Captain James. - Manière dont on expose les morts à Otahiti. [Tome II Pl. 16.] Paris, 1773, Uncoloured.. 200x165mm. Good condition. A view of a Tahitian funeral home in a beautiful landscape. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphère méridional, et su...
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| FERRARIO, G. - [Pirogues in the bay of the voyage of the Resolution. The Marquesas Islands ]. Milan, 1827, In attractive strong original colours.. 175x255mm. Very good condition. Aquatint depicting men in pirogues in the Bay of the Resolution from the Marquesas Islands engraved by Biasioli. Plate N° 91. HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Navy, and the ship in which Captain James Cook made his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific. From Giuli...
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