An illustration of Tahitian canoes from Cook's Voyages

ROOKER, E.

No 4. [A view of the island of Otaheite, with several vessels of that island.]
London: Strahan and Cadell, 1773. 235 x 430mm.

Engraved view also showing Tahitians on shore, baskets, birds, etc. Published in Hawkesworth's 'An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.

The plate only has a plate number, so the title, as above, comes from the index.


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