1787 Bankes Antique Print of Mummified Chief Tu of Tahiti During Cooks 3rd Voyage 1777 19TH CENTURY agriculture and tourism

agriculture and tourism

Cook returned Omai to Tahiti on 12 Aug

(Many more editions were published up until 1806 with map contributions from Blaeu in 1617

a return was made to the Finke River and then to Charlotte Waters and Adelaide

1787 Bankes Antique Print of Mummified Chief Tu of Tahiti During Cooks 3rd Voyage 1777 19TH CENTURY agriculture and tourismTitle : The Body of Tee a Chief as preserved after Death in Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 21624 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of the mummified remains of the Tahitian Chief Tu visited by Captain James Cook during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System