Prints
c. 1781 Captain James Cook Engraved Illustration Print
c. 1781, Engraved Print, “A Chief and other Natives of O-Taheitee, visiting Captn. Cook in his second Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere", Choice Very Fine.
Overall size 13.5" x 8.5". Published in London by Alexander Hogg for use as an illustration in a book describing the voyages of English explorer Captain James Cook. Light soiling; trimmed on the left edge. Cook, his men, and the Chief and his people are seen standing next to a mast aboard Cook’s ship. We wonder, “Who was the more amazed?"