Femme de L’Isle de Tanna. Australia/Oceanië, Cook 1778

Femme de L’Isle de Tanna. Australia/Oceanië, Cook 1778

Title: Femme de L’Isle de Tanna.

Portrait of a Woman & Child of Tanna Isle, Vanuatu.

The glowing light of Mount Yasur attracted James Cook, the first European to visit the island, in August 1774, where he landed in an inlet on the southeastern tip of the island that he named Port Resolution after his ship HMS Resolution.

He gave the island the name of Tanna, probably from the local name for earth, tana in the Kwamera language.

Origin one of the first editions of : Voyage das L’Hemisphere Austral, et autour du Monde, fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, L, Aventure & la Resolution… Plate 43 page 76.
Ecrit par Jacques Cook, Commedant de la Resolution…

Engraved by Robert Bernard. (First engraver).

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Size:
Sheet app.: 19.5 x 25.5 cm. 7.5 x 10 inches.
Condition: Very good.