1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Print of Inasi Ceremony Mu'a, Tonga Town Plans Francis MacCabe was surveying the

Francis MacCabe was surveying the site of a new town on the shores of Port Curtis under the protection of several detachments of Native Police

black people formed a majority of the population

Frederick had a summer residence built there for Sophie Charlotte by the architect Johann Arnold Nering between 1695 and 1699

was engraved by James Newton (1748-1804) after a painting by Cooks onboard artist John Webber

or orientation within a temple complex

1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Print of Inasi Ceremony Mu'a, Tonga Town Plans Francis MacCabe was surveying theTitle : Natche, a Ceremony in Honour of the Kings Son in Tongataboo Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82067 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique print of possibly the coming of age or Inasi ceremony for the son of the King of Tonga in the village of Mua on the main Tongan Island of Tongatapu, at the time of Captain Cooks visit in 1777 as drawn by John