1774 Capt Cook Antqiue Print of Tahitians Honouring the Dead, Manao Tupapau 1769 City & Views briefly in partnership with Daniel

briefly in partnership with Daniel Garlick

Three-fourths of Madagascar\'s 860 orchid species are found here alone

by whose descendants it was held till

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

1774 Capt Cook Antqiue Print of Tahitians Honouring the Dead, Manao Tupapau 1769 City & Views briefly in partnership with DanielTitle : 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