1778 Capt Cook Antique Print of Manao tupapau or Spirit Watching in Tahiti, 1773 Central Asia was engraved in 1784 -

was engraved in 1784 - dated - and was published by Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage in his Voyage Anacharsis (The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece) publishedbetween 1781 - 1788

\"as a lasting friendship seems to subsist among the Inhabitants and their Courtesy to Strangers intitles [sic] them to that Name

He became an RA in 1876

Paper size: - 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in (550mm x 370mm)

the largest island of the south central group of Tonga

1778 Capt Cook Antique Print of Manao tupapau or Spirit Watching in Tahiti, 1773 Central Asia was engraved in 1784 -Title : Un Toupapow, avec un Cadavre dessus avec le principal personnage du deuil en habit de Ceremonie (Manao tupapau Ceremony with a corpse top with the main character of the mourning ceremony dress) Size: 15in x 10in (380mm x 255mm) Ref #: 21652 Date : 1774 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This large original copper plate engraved antique print of the Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao tupapau) in Tahiti with priest and mourners, visited