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.
