Oceania Ethnographica printed ephemera Representation of a human sacrifice in a Morai at Otaheite. Original copper plate engraving from the Cook Voyages

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Representation of a human sacrifice in a Morai at Otaheite. Original copper plate engraving from the Cook Voyages

#6019

Representation of a human sacrifice in a Morai at Otaheite in the presence of Captain Cook and his officers.
Original copper plate engraving from the first volume of a later edition of the Cook voyages. London. c 1800
260 x 195 mm
The plate itself is in fine condition; staining around the border of the page and loss lower right corner of page.