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Vue d'unw Vallée à Huaheiné. (Illes de la Societé.).
Vue d'unw Vallée à Huaheiné. (Illes de la Societé.). Voyage de la frigate Vénus. Atlas Pittoresque.
Moerenhout del. Lith. Thierry frères. Sebatier Lith.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11''), with very large margins.
A view of a valley and bay in Huahine, one of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50939]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Panorama de la baie de Papéiti (ile d'O-Taiti), pris du mouillage de la Vénus (1.re Feuille).
Panorama de la baie de Papéiti (ile d'O-Taiti), pris du mouillage de la Vénus (1.re Feuille).
Ménard del.t. Lith. de Thierry frères.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 550mm (14 x 21¾''), with large margins.
A view of the Tahiti in French Polynesia. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50942]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Ein Tatuirter Nukahiwer. Habitans de Nakahiwa tatoué.
Ein Tatuirter Nukahiwer. Habitans de Nakahiwa tatoué. No.27.
Lith. von Honegger.
[Schinz, c.1845.]
Lithograph. 355 x 266mm (14 x 10½"). Foxing
A tattooed man of Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia. From Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen".
[Ref: 53512]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Native of Nukahiwa.
Native of Nukahiwa.
Drawn and Etched by J. A. Atkinson.
[n.d., c.1805].
Hand coloured aquatint and etching, rare. Sheet size: 180 x 118mm (7¼ x 4½"). Cut to image and around title.
A tattooed Polynesian man, drawn and etched by J. A. Atkinson. Nukahiwa is now called Nuku Hiva, and is the largest of the Iles Marquises (Marquesas Islands), in French Polynesia. Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern (1770-1846) arrived there in May 1804 and traded with it's inhabitants. Kruzenshtern was a German who commanded the first Russian circumnavigation of the world. This is the frontispiece from volume one of his ‘Voyage around the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805 & 1806’.
Abbey Travel 1.
[Ref: 32408]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Pomarre ceding Matavai to the English.
Pomarre ceding Matavai to the English.
CJW (?) sc.
[published 1805]
Engraving, rare, sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Pomare I of Tahiti ceding Matavai to the English Missionaries who had arrived in Tahiti to attempt to convert the population to Christianity. Plate from William and James Wilson's 'First Missionary Voyage to the South-Sea Islands, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, and 1798, in the ship Duff, Commanded by Captain James Wilson, Under the Direction of the Missionary Society'.
[Ref: 31849]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Isles de la Reine Charlotte.
Isles de la Reine Charlotte.
Benard dir.
[Paris 1787.]
Engraving. 250 x 405mm, 9¾ x 16". Narrow bottom margin.
Chart of Nendö Island, largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group, as mapped by Captain Cartaret in 1767, the first time the islands had been located since 1568. North of the island is a volcano, now called Nupani. Engraved by Bénard for a French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages, which included accounts of other English explorers in the South Seas.
[Ref: 13532]   £65.00  
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Côte Septentrionale de la plus grande des Isles de la Reine Charlotte
Côte Septentrionale de la plus grande des Isles de la Reine Charlotte tel qu'il nous a paru en navigant le long de la côte à l'Ouest.
Benard dir.
[Paris 1787.]
Engraving. 190 x 295mm, 7½ x 11¾".
A coastal profile and charts of two bays on Nendö Island, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group, as mapped by Captain Cartaret in 1767, the first time the islands had been located since 1568. Swallow Bay was named after his ship; Byron Harbour was named after John Byron, under whom Cartaret had served. The volcano shown in profile is now called Nupani. Engraved by Bénard for a French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages, which included accounts of other English explorers in the South Seas.
[Ref: 13533]   £75.00  
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[Oceania] Quinna Pa Hawaiiska Oarne.
[Oceania] Quinna Pa Hawaiiska Oarne.
C.S. del. Fargtryck af J.F. Meyer & Co. I Stockholm.
[n.d., c.1860s.]
Chromolithograph, sheet 225 x 145mm. 8¾ x 5¾". Some spotting.
A woman of Hawaii holding a parasol. Plate to a book.
[Ref: 11399]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Raiatea] Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietea avec une Double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs Bâtiments de mer.
[Raiatea] Vue de l'Isle d'Ulietea avec une Double Pirogue et un hangar où les Insulaires retirent leurs Bâtiments de mer.
le Veau Dir
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins
A scene on Raiatea, illustrating a native boat and a boathouse. It was sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51224]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Île Rawak.
Île Rawak. 1. Para-Tourou; 2. Pahoro; 3. Bounor-Eri; 4. karrok, Habitant de l'Île Guébé; 5. Païssene.
J.s. Arago delin.t. Choubard sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820].
Hand coloured stipple with some engraving. Sheet: 320 x 240mm, (12½ x 9½"). Trimmed.
Portraits of inhabitants of an island near Papua New Guinea including a portrait of a bird of paradise. From 'Voyage autour du monde...' by Louis Freycinet.
[Ref: 35090]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Roi des îles Carolines. (Voyage à Cinian).
Roi des îles Carolines. (Voyage à Cinian).
J Arago del. Lith de Langlumé.
[Paris: Leblanc, 1822.]
Lithograph. 273 x 184mm. 10¾ x 7¼".
A portrait of the King of the Caroline Islands, a group of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. The natives live mainly by horticulture and fisihing, supplementing their diet with many different varieties of bananas and taro.
NLA: 2770037; NK1757.
[Ref: 17919]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Pilstard.
Pilstard.
N. Maurin del. Lith. Kaeppelin et Cie. d'apres le Croquis de J. Arago.
[Paris, c.1839.]
Lithograph, sheet 160 x 250mm. 6¼ x 9¾".
A view on Samoa in the South Pacific ocean. Plate to 'Souvenirs d'un aveugle (blind man)' by Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790 - 1855). A French writer, artist and explorer, Arago joined Louis de Freycinet on his 1817 voyage around the world aboard the ship Uranie, which inspired his witty 'Voyage autour du monde'. Although he lost his sight in 1837, he went on travelling and writing for the theatre.
[Ref: 11062]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Massacre de MM. de Langle, Lamanon et de dix autres individus des deux Équipages.
Massacre de MM. de Langle, Lamanon et de dix autres individus des deux Équipages.
Dessiné par N. Ozanne. Gravé par Dequevauviller. L. Aubert scripsit.
[Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, An V, 1797.]
Engraving. 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22").
The deaths of twelve members of La Perouse's crew at Tutuila, Island of Maouna, Samoa, December 1787. Among the dead were Robert de Lamanon, a botanist, physician and meteorologist, and Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle, La Perouse's second-in-command. In 1785 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741-88) was sent by the French to continue Cook's exploration work in the Pacific, in the ships 'Astrolabe' & 'Boussole'. After three years, during which time he visited Chile, California, Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, he travelled to Australia. Outside Botany Bay he met up with Captain Arthur Phillip's First Fleet, after which he set sail and was never seen again, despite an extensive rescue mission. Fortunately La Pérouse took every oportunity to send his work back to France: one crew member disembarked in Kamchatka and spent a year crossing Siberia back to France; later journals, charts and letters he left with the British at Botany Bay. Thus his discoveries were not lost with him, but published posthumously in this work, 'Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde..'.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18688]   £480.00  
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[Samoa] Mamoe
[Samoa] Mamoe A Chief of the Samoan Islands.
Painted by H. Room. Engraved by J. Cochran.
[London, n.d., c.1840s.]
Steel engraving, sheet 195 x 125mm. 7¾ x 5". Sheet a little trimmed; closed tears from lower edge.
A Samoan convert to Christianity, in European dress; holding a book open (almost certainly a Bible) in his right hand. The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands (formerly referred to as Navigators' Islands) is an archipelago in the central South Pacific, forming part of the Polynesia region.
NLA Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK11653.
[Ref: 24036]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Man of the Samoan Islands.
Man of the Samoan Islands.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1848.
Coloured aquatint, sheet 220 x 140mm. Some spotting.
The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands (formerly referred to as Navigators' Islands) is an archipelago in the central South Pacific, forming part of the Polynesia region. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark. From 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 7438]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Woman of the Samoan Islands.
Woman of the Samoan Islands.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1848.
Coloured aquatint, sheet 220 x 140mm. Rust spot upper right.
The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands (formerly referred to as Navigators' Islands) is an archipelago in the central South Pacific, forming part of the Polynesia region. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark. From 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 7439]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Savage of the Admiralty Islands.
Savage of the Admiralty Islands. No.III.
Piron del. Harding ex. C. Warren sc.
Pub.d Apr. 20 1800 by J. Debrett Piccadilly.
Engraving. 292 x 228mm. 11½ x 9".
A savage holding a paddle in his right hand; a conch-shell acts as a guard over his genitals. The Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea. From the English edition of Jacques Labillardière's ''An Account of A Voyage in search of La Perouse... Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux'', an expedition that crossed the South Pacific, visiting Australia, New Zealand and the East Indies between 1791-3.
[Ref: 20744]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Pirogue de L'Île de Bouka. Pirogue des Arsacides.
Pirogue de L'Île de Bouka. Pirogue des Arsacides. Atlas du Voyage à la recherche de la Pérouse. No 9.
Peron delin. Perée sculp. Dien Scripsit.
[Paris: H.J.Jansen, 1800.]
Engraving. 305 x 445mm (12 x 17½"). Narrow margins top and bottom.
Native canoes of the Solomon Islands. In 1788 Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse set sail from Botany Bay and was never seen again. Despite the upheaval of the French Revolution the National Assembly was moved to send an expedition in search of their lost hero, 1791-3, under Chevalier Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. Despite finding no trace of La Perouse, losing its commander and many crew to scurvy, and finally splitting between royalist and republican factions, the expedition was judged a success because of the important observations made by the expedition's scientists, especially in Australia. This account, compiled by the expedition's botanist, Jacques Julien Houtou de Labillardière, was published as 'Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse', with natural history plates by Redouté and Audebert. The work even has its own abbreviation in botantical literature, 'Voy.Rech.Perouse'.
[Ref: 52625]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Sketches of the Island of Santo Paulo, commonly called Amsterdam, in the Indian Ocean...
Sketches of the Island of Santo Paulo, commonly called Amsterdam, in the Indian Ocean...
J. Barrow del. W. Skelton sculp.
London Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 420 x 560mm (16½ x 22"). Trimmed. Staining.
A map and view of Île St Paul in the southern Indian Ocean, with a detail of Crater Bay, recorded by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. However 'Amsterdam' is another island, named by Anthony van Diemen after his ship 'Nieuw Amsterdam' when he visited the island in 1633, 50 miles to the north. The maps was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38156]   £230.00  
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Iles de la Sonde, Java - Sunda Islands, Java.
Iles de la Sonde, Java - Sunda Islands, Java. Océanie. V. Pitt. No.22.
A. St. Aulaire. Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie.
Publié par Aubert, Place de la Bourse, 29. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. 290 x 201mm (11½ x 8").
Images of Javan costume: Pirogues of the natives; court-attire; bridegroom and bride; natives of various classes; habitations of the natives. A summary paragraph describing the land, population and resources.
[Ref: 52461]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Sailing Canoe of Otahaite.
A Sailing Canoe of Otahaite.
J. Webber, R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermaked paper, 'J. Whatman, 1820'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½"). Creasing to sheet. Repairs to sheet along edges and to bottom right and top left corners.
A close-up view of an early Tahitian boat with the sail tightly lashed to masts on two sides. Four natives are depicted, with perpendicular platforms on the boat, allowing closer access to the water. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784.
Vol. I.
[Ref: 31821]   £420.00  
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The Interview between Capt.n Wallis & Oberea, after Peace being established with the Natives.
The Interview between Capt.n Wallis & Oberea, after Peace being established with the Natives.
Grainger delin et sculp.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 160 x 210mm. Some wear.
Wallis made pece with the Tahitian queen Oberea after initial problems, June 1767.
[Ref: 7147]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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The Natives of Otaheite, attacking Capt.n Wallis, the first Discoverer of that Island.
The Natives of Otaheite, attacking Capt.n Wallis, the first Discoverer of that Island.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. 185 x 210mm (7¼ x 8¼").
Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-95) circumnavigated the world in command of HMS Dolphin, 1766-68. He sighted Tahiti on June 18, 1767, and is considered the first European visitor to the island, although it was recorded by the Spanish as early as 1606.
[Ref: 7138]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tahiti] His Majesty Pomarrè, King of Taheite.
[Tahiti] His Majesty Pomarrè, King of Taheite.
Freeman sc.
Pub.d by F. Westley, Stationers Court May 1821.
Stipple, 140 x 100mm. 5½ x 4". Tears outside printed area.
Pomare II of Tahiti (1782-1821). He died of drink-related causes in December 1821 and was succeeded by Pomare III.
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Oparrey Harbour, Island of Otaheite.
Oparrey Harbour, Island of Otaheite.
G.T. del. 19 July 1792. Baily sc.
Published 31 Oct. 1811, by J. Gold.
Hand coloured etching and aquatint, sheet 160 x 245mm. 6¼ x 9½". Residue from old mount.
A view on the island of Tahiti, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. Features a British ship and indigenous boats. Illustration to the Naval Chronicle.
[Ref: 10672]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tahiti] Pomare.
[Tahiti] Pomare.
Engd. by R. Hicks.
Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1837.
Stipple. 158 x 107mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
Pomare II, King of Tahiti (1774-1821) was king between 1782-1821.
[Ref: 15231]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Capitaine Wallis est attaqué dans le Dauphin par les Otahiens.
Le Capitaine Wallis est attaqué dans le Dauphin par les Otahiens.
Benard dir.
[Paris: c.1777.]
Fine engraving. 215 x 350mm (8½ x 13¾"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
Samuel Wallis (1728-95) and his ship, HMS Dolphin under attack in Matavi bay of Tahiti, June 1767. Wallis was ill, so Lieutenant Tobias Furneaux went ashore and claimed the Island for Britain, calling it 'King George the Third's Island'. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, but this example comes from a volume of Abbé Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages', c.1777.
[Ref: 41913]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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A Representation of The Attack on Captn. Wallis in the Dolphin, by the Natives of Otaheite.
A Representation of The Attack on Captn. Wallis in the Dolphin, by the Natives of Otaheite.
Sparrow sculp.
London: Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No.16 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1785.]
Fine copper engraving, laid paper, 230 x 345mm. 9 x 13½". Lacking margin at left and right.
An attack on a British warship, HMS Dolphin, by Tahitians in canoes. Samuel Wallis (1728 - 1795) sailed from Plymouth on 22 August with the Swallow sloop, commanded by Philip Carteret. The two ships passed through the Straits of Magellan and came into the Pacific on 12 April 1767; they then separated. Wallis opened out a part of the ocean till then unknown, and first brought to European knowledge the numerous islands of the Low Archipelago and of the Society Islands, including Tahiti, which he called King George the Third's Island. Thence he made for Tinian, which he reached on 19 August, having discovered many new islands on the way. After staying a month at Tinian, he went to Batavia, and thence home by the Cape of Good Hope. Originally for John Hawkesworth's 'Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere'. Wallis's account of his voyage, first printed in Hawkesworth (1733), was repeated in Hamilton Moore's ‘Collection of Voyages’ (1785), in Robert Wilson's ‘Voyages’ (1806), in Kerr's ‘General History of Voyages’ (1814), and in Joachim Heinrich Campe's collection (Brunswick, 1831).
See NLA 2084603.
[Ref: 20286]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of Otaheite with Several Vessels belonging to that Island.
A View of Otaheite with Several Vessels belonging to that Island.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography. [n.d. c.1778.]
Engraving. Plate 191 x 299mm. 7½ x 11¾".
A view of Tahitian natives in vessels. From Charles Theodore Middleton's "A New and Complete System of Geography". The engraving is sourced from Edward Rooker's 1773 engraving after John Hawkesworth's illustration to "An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere".
[Ref: 20846]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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A view in Oheitapha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite.
A view in Oheitapha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite.
J. Webber, R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermaked paper, 'J. Whatman, 1819'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½").
A scenic landscape, with two figures in a canoe on a stretch of water surrounded by tall mountains. Thick trees can be seen on the lower slopes to either side, with thatched buildings on the shore to right. There are two figures on the shore in the left foreground, one kneeling, the other standing and holding a spear. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784.
Vide Cook's last Voyage. Vol 2. Chap. I.
[Ref: 31820]   £620.00  
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Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusiers Pirogues.
Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusiers Pirogues.
Benard Fecit.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1774.]
Engraving. 235360mm (9¼ x 14¼") very large margins Uncut.
A small Tahitian dugout boat, sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied by Robert Benard for the first French edition, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774.
[Ref: 51223]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Cession de L'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa.
Cession de L'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa.
Godefroi dir.
[Paris: c.1777.]
Fine engraving. Sheet 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½"). Folded as issued.
After initial hostilities in 1767 Samuel Wallis established cordial relations with 'Oberea' (Purea), a local chieftain who they mistook for queen of Tahiti. Two years later Captain Cook also visited Purea, on his First Voyage. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, but this example comes from a volume of Abbé Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages', c.1777.
[Ref: 41916]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Cession de l'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa.
Cession de l'Isle d'Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Obéréa. Tome. II. Pl.2.
Godefroy Dir.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. Plate: 230 x 335mm (9 x 13¼''). Trimmed to plate along top edge, central crease as issued.
A scene showing Captain Samuel Wallis being greeted by the queen of Tahiti. From 'Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique...', a French edition of Hawkesworth, which included the official account of James Cook's first voyage.
[Ref: 51005]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tahiti] Potatow, Chef de Tahiti.
[Tahiti] Potatow, Chef de Tahiti. Pl.14.
Benard Direx.
[n.d. c.1778.]
Engraving, small margins. Plate 235 x 183mm. 9¼ x 7¼".
This print is from a French edition of the account of Cook's second voyage, 'Voyage dans l'hemisphere austral et autour du monde fait dans les vaisseaux du roi, l'Aventure et la Resolution', first published in Paris in 1778. The depiction originates from a drawing now in the State Library of New South Wales by William Hodges (1744 - 1797) which is better known from the engraving by Hall in the orignal English account of the second voyage, published by Strahan and Cadell in 1773, with the title 'A voyage towards the South Pole and round the world: performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure.'
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A Dance in Otaheite.
A Dance in Otaheite.
J. Webber del. J. K. Sherwin sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. Platemark: 265 x 400mm (10¼ x 15¾"). Uncut.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. Two women and two men wearing ceremonial costumes, performing a dance outdoors standing on a mat. Three men playing the drums in the background, in front of a thatched roof building. An audience of men are sitting on both sides of the stage. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 34294]   £320.00  
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A Young Woman of Otaheiti, Dancing.
A Young Woman of Otaheiti, Dancing.
J. Webber del. W.Byrne sculp.
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Copper engraving on paper watermarked 'Bates'. 280 x 230mm, 11 x 9". Large margins.
A Tahitian dancer, published in the Official Account of Cook's Third Voyage (1776-80). John Webber (1751 - 1793) was the official artist of the expedition, recording Cook's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives.
[Ref: 20040]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Charte der Insel Otaheite
Charte der Insel Otaheite Nach der Messng des Capit. Cook im Jahre 1769 und dessen Späteen Astronomischen Beobachtungen entworfen von Cptn. Will. Wilson.
Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs.
Engraved map on india, rare. 285 x 380mm, 11¼ x 15". Ink library stamp (in Polish), unidentified blind stamp.
Map of Tahiti, based on Cook's mapping of the island in 1769 and Captain Wilson c.1796. Cook made his first circumnavigation in order to view the transit of Venus across the sun in 1769 from Tahiti. While the astromoners were working Cook mapped the island to keep himself active. Captain Wilson was the commander of the 'Duff', the London Missionary Society's ship that took the first missionaries to Tahiti. This map was published in the German edition of the account of their work, 'Beschreibung einer englischen Missions-Reise nach dem sudlichen stillen Ocean in den Jahren 1796, 1797 und 1798 im Schiffe Duff'.
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A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite.
A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite.
J. Webber del. W. Woollett sc.
[London: Nicol & Cadell, n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving with very large margins. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 285 x 490mm (11¼ x 19¼"). Uncut.
A plate from 'Cook's Voyage to the Pacific'. A scene depicting a human sacrifice taking place on ceremonial ground, in Matavai Bay, Tahiti. A man lies in the centre of the image tied to a wooden pole, in front of a wooden platform with pigs. In the background is a display of human skulls on top of a stone wall. A group of men sit on the ground, on the left, each holding a plant leaf in their right hand. Two men play the drums on the left of the image, standing in front of a thatched roof building. Two men on the right are cooking a pig on a fire. A group of White naval officers, possibly including Captain Cook, stand on the far right of the image. John Webber (1751-93) travelled with Captain Cook on the Third Voyage (1776-80) as the Official Artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hand of Hawaiian natives.
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A Young Woman of Otaheiti, bringing a Present.
A Young Woman of Otaheiti, bringing a Present.
J. Webber del. F. Bartolozzi sc.
[London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785.]
Stipple & line engraving on paper watermarked 'Bates'. 350 x 280mm, 13¾ x 11". Large margins.
A Tahitian dancer, published in the Official Account of Cook's Third Voyage (1776-80). John Webber (1751 - 1793) was the official artist of the expedition, recording the explorer's death at the hands of Hawaiian natives, also engraved by Bartolozzi.
De V: 1696 IV of IV.
[Ref: 20042]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Eine Taenzerin aus Otaheiti.
Eine Taenzerin aus Otaheiti.
[Honegger.]
[Schinz, c.1845.]
Lithograph. 326 x 228mm (12¾ x 9").
A Tahitian princess. From Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen".
[Ref: 29500]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Ein tatuirter Mann aus Nukahiwa.
Ein tatuirter Mann aus Nukahiwa.
[Honegger.]
[Schinz, c.1845.]
Lithograph. 327 x 228mm (12¾ x 9").
Head and shoulder portrait of a tattooed man of Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia. From Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen".
[Ref: 29505]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Te po a Chief of Rarotonga.
Te po a Chief of Rarotonga.
Printed in Oil Colours by G. Baxter, (Patentee) 3, Charter-house Square. From a Painting by J. Williams Jun.r.
[Published by John Snow, 26, Paternoster Row, London.] [n.d. c.1837.]
Baxter print. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Publication line lost by abrasion.
Possibly Te Po Kurikuri. He has full body tattoo, a spear in his left hand, a fan in his right. He is wearing an elaborate head-dress and is draped with a cloth over his shoulders and his hips. In the background are a Rarotongan canoe and a European sailing ship. Rarotonga, in the Hervey Islands, was the home of the Rev. John Williams in the South Seas for some years.
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Inhabitants of Tikopia.
Inhabitants of Tikopia.
Toroske pinxt. J. Bull sculp.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint, sheet 220 x 140mm. Some stain spots, one particularly prominent lower edge of image.
Tikopia is a small and high island, in the Southwestern pacific Ocean. Covering an area of 2 square miles, the island is the remnant of an extinct volcano. Tikopia's location is relatively remote. It is sometimes grouped with the Santa Cruz Islands. Administratively, Tikopia belongs to Temotu Province as the southernmost of the Solomon Islands. From 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
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Vue de L'Ile Tikopia.
Vue de L'Ile Tikopia.
de Sainson pinx. J. Arago Lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, c.1833.]
Lithograph, sheet 330 x 520mm. 13 x 20½".
A party of French sailors rowing towards the island of Tikopia in the south-western Pacific Ocean. Covering an area of 2 square miles, the island is the remnant of an extinct volcano; it is the southernmost of the Solomon Islands. Numbered 'Pl.172' upper right; from 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829. Publisher's blindstamp below title. After Louis Auguste de Sainson (1801 - 1887).
NLA: 2719150. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18748]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Tikopia. 1. Pakavé, 1er. chef de l'île. 2. Jôo lascar du Bengale. 3.4. Naturels de Tikopia. 5. Tatouage de la potrine.
Tikopia. 1. Pakavé, 1er. chef de l'île. 2. Jôo lascar du Bengale. 3.4. Naturels de Tikopia. 5. Tatouage de la potrine.
de Sainson pinx. A. Maurin lith.
J. Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 385 x 255mm.
Portraits of natives of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomon Islands group. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 8182]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Timor] Naba Leba, Konig von Solor.
[Timor] Naba Leba, Konig von Solor.
fr. Bolt f. 1818.
Engraving. 65 x 95mm. Foxing.
Naba-leba, King of the island of Solor, Timor, 1801-1803. Copy of French engraving from Petit's illustration in the ‘Voyage de decouvertes aux terres Australes, execute par ordre de S M l'empereur et roi’, compiled by naturalist Francois Peron and published in Paris in 1815. The book is an account of the French cartographic survey expedition to Australia, 1800-1804, led by Thomas Nicolas Baudin.
[Ref: 700]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Île Timor.
Île Timor. J.h. Antonio, Jeune homme du Royaume de Failacor.
S. Leroy pinx.t. Lerouge et Choubard sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1820].
Hand coloured stipple with some engraving. Sheet: 240 x 320mm, (9½ x 12½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of a young man from the island of Timor in maritime south east Asia. The man wears a highly ornate coat decorated with flowers. From 'Voyage autour du monde...' by Louis Freycinet
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Otago  Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left].
Otago Capo dell'Isola d'Amsterdam nel Mare Pacifico del Sud [to left]. Otago Chef de l'Isle d'Amsterdam dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud [to right]. Li Vomini di questa Isola quando muojono alcuno dei loro piu stretti congiunti si tagliano un dito delle mani.
Apud Theodorum Viero Venetiis [n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving, 280 x 202mm.
Otago was a native of Tongatapu Island, Tonga. A rare engraving from an Italian edition of Cook's Voyages, published in Venice by Antonio Zatta. From the original drawing by William Hodges, who accompanied Cook. By Teodoro Viero (1740 - 1819), engraver and publisher in Venice.
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Entertainment given to Admiral d'Entrecasteaux by Toobou King of the Friendly Islands.
Entertainment given to Admiral d'Entrecasteaux by Toobou King of the Friendly Islands. No. XXVI.
Piron del. Harding ex. Eastgate sc.
Pub: Apr.20.1800 by J. Debrett Piccadilly.
Copper engraving, platemark 292 x 400mm (11½ x 15¾)". Centre fold as issued;
King Toobou (ruler of the archipelago of Tonga) who entertained Admiral d'Entrecasteaux in 1793 when he stopped on his way from Van Diemen's Land. He found that the natives remembered Cook and Bligh, but knew nothing of the La Perouse. 'We walked on near a quarter of an hour in a narrow path, bounded on each side by palisades, till we reached an extensive esplanade, where King Toobou was soon to arrive [...] the natives formed a great concourse on all sides. According to our estimation, at least four thousand of them were present'. From the English edition of Jacques Labillardière's ''An Account of A Voyage in search of La Perouse... Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux'', an expedition that crossed the South Pacific, visiting Australia, New Zealand and the East Indies between 1791-3.
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Isle de Sir Charles Saunder ; Isle Ofnabrug ; Isle Boscawen ; Isle de l'Admiral Keppel ; Isle de Wallis.
Isle de Sir Charles Saunder ; Isle Ofnabrug ; Isle Boscawen ; Isle de l'Admiral Keppel ; Isle de Wallis.
Benard Dir.
[Paris 1787.]
Engraving. 200 x 260mm, 8 x 10½".
Five coastal profiles of islands in or around the Tonga Islands group. The islands are (in order of title) Maiao in the Windward Islands of the Society Islands; Mehetia in the Society Islands in the vicinity of Wallis Island; Niuatoputapu; Tafahi; Wallis Island in the Wallis and Futuna Island group. Engraved by Bénard for a French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Voyages, which included accounts of other English explorers in the South Seas.
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