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. 292 x 420mm. 11½ x 16½". Centre fold; as issued.
Tonga, reigned over by King Toobou, 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. 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: 20741] £130.00
Pub: Apr.20.1800 by J. Debrett Piccadilly.
Copper engraving. 292 x 420mm. 11½ x 16½". Centre fold; as issued.
Tonga, reigned over by King Toobou, 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. 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: 20741] £130.00