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![[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].](/uploads/cache/26381-250x250.jpg)
[Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis. Tahiti ].
Aquatint depicting Queen Obera welcoming Captain Wallis upon his arrival in Tahiti. Engraved by Gallina. Plate N° 82. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Mo...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Plan de L'Isle de Paque / Plan de la Baie de Cook.
Two engraved maps and four coastal profiles of Easter Island in the Pacific. First published in the Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse. This is the edition of the extremely ra...
Place & Date: Paris, 1797-1807
A view in Oheitepeha Bay in the Island of Otaheite. (Tahiti)
A view of Vaitepiha Bay (Tahiti), with a mountainous landscape, with a river in the centre, a small canoe, Tahitian houses to the right, and a Tahitian couple in the left...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
View of the harbour of Taloo, in the island of Eimeo.
John Webber View of the Harbour of Taloo on Moorea (Society Islands), from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes enc...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
![Boats of the Friendly Islands. [together with] A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite.](/uploads/cache/30041-250x250.jpg)
Boats of the Friendly Islands. [together with] A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite.
Early view of Queen charlotte's sound, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while employed a...
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808
Océanie.
A very decorative 19th century map of the Pacific Ocean, with hand colored lines indicating the extent of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia (or Southeast Asi...
Place & Date: Paris, 1850
Mar del Zur, Hispanis Mare Pacificum.
Janssonius' fine chart of the Pacific including the west coast of America with California shown as an island, Japan and a small Australian coastline. This is the earliest...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1650
![[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26386-250x250.jpg)
[Scene of a meeting. The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting an indoor meeting in the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26385-250x250.jpg)
[Portraits. Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. Plate N°79. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, d...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[The Friendly Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26384-250x250.jpg)
[The Friendly Islands ].
Aquatint depicting seashore scene of the Friendly Islands. These islands are also known as the Friendly Islands because of the friendly reception accorded to Captain Cook...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]](/uploads/cache/26106-250x250.jpg)
Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietéa avec une double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs bâtiments de mer. [Tome III Pl. 5.]
A view on the Island of Ulietea, French Polynesia, of a dugout boat house and a beautifully engraved pirogue at sea. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage ...
Place & Date: Paris, 1773
![Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].](/uploads/cache/26380-250x250.jpg)
Mortuary scene. Tahiti Islands ].
This aquatint depicts a mortuary scene in front of a tapapow, a shed under which the dead bodies remains are exposed until they dry. Engraved by Roffi. Plate N° 83. From...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Tahitian warrior dugouts ].](/uploads/cache/26377-250x250.jpg)
[Tahitian warrior dugouts ].
Aquatint depicting a view of Tahitian warrior dugouts engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 86. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouve...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].](/uploads/cache/26376-250x250.jpg)
[Women dancing in a Ulietea house ].
Aquatint depicting women dancing in front of musicians and local villagers in a Ulietea house. Plate N° 87. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou H...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Easter Island inhabitants ].](/uploads/cache/26375-250x250.jpg)
[Easter Island inhabitants ].
Aquatint depicting 2 portraits of Easter Island inhabitants and 2 men rowing in a pirogue. Engraved by Carlo Bottigella. Plate N° 88. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Cost...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Marquesas Islands headdresses and head ornaments ].](/uploads/cache/26374-250x250.jpg)
[Marquesas Islands headdresses and head ornaments ].
Aquatint depicting Marquesas Islanders in traditional headdresses and a variety of head ornaments engraved by Bonatti. Plate N° 90. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costum...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Traditional tools from New Caledonia ].](/uploads/cache/26366-250x250.jpg)
[ Traditional tools from New Caledonia ].
Aquatint depicting a variety of traditional tools from New Caledonia engraved by Rossi. Plate N° 72. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoi...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[The Admiralty Islands and New Britain inhabitants fishing. Papua New Guinea ].](/uploads/cache/26365-250x250.jpg)
[The Admiralty Islands and New Britain inhabitants fishing. Papua New Guinea ].
Aquatint depicting fishermen in dugouts engraved by A. Biasioli. Plate N° 14. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Papua New Guinea Inhabitants ].](/uploads/cache/26364-250x250.jpg)
[Papua New Guinea Inhabitants ].
Aquatint depicts three men in a pirogue engraved by Fumagalli. Plate N° 75. From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827