1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Australia/Oceania as admiration of the beauty

as admiration of the beauty of the land was joined by a concern to exploit it

was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy\\\\\\\'s circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69

Size: 27 1/2in x 20 1/2in (700mm x 520mm)

and for the Battle of Tours (732)

the Bailies and Council "ordains ane tack to be wrytten and subscryvit in favors of Sir James Turnor

1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Australia/Oceania as admiration of the beautyTitle : View of the Fleet of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 21525 1 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of Matavai Bay and the Island of Tahiti during Captain Cooks visit to the Island during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography,