1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa Soon after their discovery

Soon after their discovery

Plate size: - 15 1/2in x 12in (395mm x 305mm)

Such is the quality of his re-strikes these prints are now in major institutional collections such a the Louvre

Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808

This very large original hand coloured antique lithograph map of the Admiralty or Manus Islands

1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa Soon after their discoveryTitle : Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands. Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82070 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique portrait of Fatafehi Paulaho, the Tui Tonga or Tongan King, visited by Captain Cook in 1777 by John Webber (Cooks official artist on the voyage) was published for the 1784 1st edition and official British Admiralty sanctioned