1778 Capt Cook Antique Print of Capt Cook Landing on Eua Island, Tonga in 1773 Egypt Samuel Wallis anchored in Matavai

Samuel Wallis anchored in Matavai Bay in 1767 as did Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1768 & Capt James Cook landed in Matavai Bay in 1769 and returned in his next two voyages

in 1520 he was the first European to visit these lands

London in 1819

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique print of a young Tahitian dancing for Captain James Cook - visited by Captain James Cook during the third voyage of discovery in 1777 - after John Webber - was published in the 1784 English publication of Cooks third Voyage

Plate size: - 22 1/2in x 19 1/2in (570mm x 495mm)

1778 Capt Cook Antique Print of Capt Cook Landing on Eua Island, Tonga in 1773 Egypt Samuel Wallis anchored in MatavaiTitle : Debarquement A Middelburgh L une des Amis (Landing A Middelburgh one of the Friendly Islands) Size: 12in x 8in (305mm x 205mm) Ref #: 21357 Date : 1778 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This large original copper plate engraved antique print of Captain Cook landing on the Island of Eua with HMS Resolution in the background (named Middelburg by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1643) a small island close the the main island of