1778 Capt. Cook Antique Print Portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia, Tahiti 1773 Balkans he was working for the

he was working for the court of France as Graveur du Cabinet du Roi

Cook named and charted the Society Islands and then continued southwest to New Zealand

Plate area: - Professional repair bottom left of plate

purchasing slaves from Africa and shipping them to Jamaica

as the deposed Elector of Bavaria attempted to take advantage of the disruption caused by the death of the Emperor Joseph

1778 Capt. Cook Antique Print Portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia, Tahiti 1773 Balkans he was working for theTitle : Potatow, Chef de Tahiti Ref : 21415 Size: 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm) Date : 1778 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print, a portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia in Tahiti, French Polynesia, met by Captain James Cook during his 2nd Voyage of Discovery in the South Seas in 1773, was engraved by Robert Benard after William Hodges and was published in the 1778 French edition of Capt.