1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa This large magnificent original hand

This large magnificent original hand coloured copper-plate engraved antique map of America drawn & engraved by John Thomson was published in the 1817 edition of Thomsons General Atlas

Soon after their discovery

a centralist and two-time dictator

the darker the blacks were

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

1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa This large magnificent original handTitle : 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