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.
[Ref: 7750] £140.00
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.
[Ref: 7750] £140.00