Tahiti. Interview between Capt. Wallis and Oberea. Cook c1790

by Cook, Captain James

After Peace being established with the Natives. Captain Wallis of the British Navy and Tahitian Queen Oberea.

Original rare copperplate engraving, drawn and engraved by Grainger, and published c1790.

The British Admiralty approved publication of Cook's Endeavour journal in 1773, together with the journals of Joseph Banks and earlier Pacific explorers in a volume edited by John Hawkesworth. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for Making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron,Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook became one of the most popular works of the 18th century.

There is slight soiling & damage at lower extremity. Half page paper size approx. 145 x 240mm (5.75 x 9.5 inches)