Otaheite Welcome of Captain Wallis to Tahiti Voyages Cook 1767
Captain Wallis welcomed by Queen Oberea of Otaheite at Tahiti.
This is an original engraving from the time as listed, not a later 1800 edition. Origin one of the first editions of: Voyage das L’Hemisphere Austral, et autour du Monde, engraved by Frtizsch plate 9.
(after the sketches and paintings of locations by William Hodges he visited on that voyage)
Sheet app.: 32.5 x 25.5 cm. 12.75 x 10 inches. Image app.: 29 x 20 cm. 11.5 x 8 inches. Condition: Fine strong engraving, very good condition. Folds as published.
