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A dance in Otaheite. Plate 28. From the book: Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages

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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. : Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere ... : Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery. : In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 / Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook ; vol. III by Captain James King. - Atlas
A dance in Otaheite. Plate 28. From the book: Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages

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NameA dance in Otaheite. Plate 28. From the book: Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages

ProductionJohn Webber; after; 1784
John Keyse Sherwin; engraver (printmaker); 1784

Classificationrare books

Materialsprinting paper, ink

Techniquesprinting

Registration NumberRB000261/022a

Credit lineGift of Charles Rooking Carter

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Category

Made of: printing paper
ink
Type of: rare books
Depicts: Indigenous peoples
Dance
Tahitian
About: Discovery & exploration
Technique used: printing

Place

Depicts: Tahiti (Polynésie française)

People & Organisations

Made by: John Webber
John Keyse Sherwin
Belonged to: Charles Rooking Carter