COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Author:
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Date:
1773
Short Title:
(Otaheite view)
Publisher:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
34
Note:
Engraved view showing the burial structure called tupapow and person who peforms funeral ceremony. Includes vegetation.
Reference:
Mitchell, 932, no. 5.
Region:
Tahiti
Full Title:
(A view in the island of Otaheite). W. Woollett sculp. No. 5. (London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII).
List No:
3403.030
Page No:
v. 2 (facing p. 234)
Series No:
31
Engraver or Printer:
Woollett, W.
Publication Author:
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Publication Author:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Publication Author:
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Pub Date:
1773
Pub Title:
An account of the voyages undertaken by the 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, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
Pub Reference:
Mitchell, 648
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3403.000
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
13
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
3403030
Authors:
Cook, James, 1728-1779; Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
(Otaheite view)
