1774 Hawkesworth Antique Print Queen Purea Surrender to Capt Wallis Tahiti, 1767 Ethnographic where they attracted the attention

where they attracted the attention of Dr Daniel Solander

This magnificent

and discovers such a vast Extent of Ground covered with Houses

was engraved by Robert Benard - after Thomas Bowen - and was published in the 1785 French edition of Capt

1774 Hawkesworth Antique Print Queen Purea Surrender to Capt Wallis Tahiti, 1767 Ethnographic where they attracted the attentionTitle : Cession de lisle D otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Oberea (Surrender of the Island of Taahiti to Capt Wallis by Queen Obera) Size: 14in x 10in (365mm x 255mm) Ref #: 16089 1 Date : 1774 Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print of Captain Samuel Wallis the first European to visit Tahiti in 1767 accepting surrender from Queen Purea (Oberea) of Tahiti, after the battle in