1774 Capt Cook Antqiue Print of Tahitians Honouring the Dead, Manao Tupapau 1769 City & Views The indigenous population

The indigenous population

artist/draftsman aboard the Astrolabe during D Urvilles second voyage to the South Seas between 1837 - 1840

as it happened

with the garrison never seriously troubled

1774 Capt Cook Antqiue Print of Tahitians Honouring the Dead, Manao Tupapau 1769 City & Views The indigenous populationTitle : Maniere dont on expose les morts a Otahiti (How the dead are exposed on Tahiti) Size: 16in x 10 1 2in (405mm x 265mm) Ref #: 21427 Date : 1774 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print of how the Dead are left mummified outdoors in an elevated platform in Tahiti, and the ritual of the Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao tupapau), visited by Captain Cook in HMS Endeavor during his first