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Ceßion de l’Isle d’Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Oberea.
| Article ID | OZ0508 |
Title | Ceßion de l’Isle d’Otahiti au Capitaine Wallis par la Reine Oberea. |
Description | View showing Captain Samuel Wallis visiting Tahiti in 1767 and receiving the surrender from Queen Purea (Oberea) of Tahiti after the battle of Matavia Bay in 1767. French edition by John Hawkesworths. |
| Year | ca. 1774 |
Artist | Godefroy |
Historical Description | Tahiti was settled - like the other Society Islands - around 200 BC from Tonga and Samoa. It is not conclusively clear which European can be considered the "discoverer" of Tahiti. The Portuguese Pedro Fernández de Quirós sighted an inhabited island in 1606, which he called Sagittaria and which, according to some chroniclers, could have been Tahiti. However, there is no confirmation of this. Today, the Englishman Samuel Wallis is considered the first European to set foot on Tahiti in 1767. The visits of James Cook have remained in the consciousness of Europeans. In April 1769 he anchored with his ship Endeavour in Matavai Bay, about 10 km north of today's Papeete. Traveling with Cook was botanist Joseph Banks, who conducted extensive botanical studies during his three-month stay. His findings led to the fateful 1787 voyage of the Bounty to Tahiti, which was commissioned by the British Admiralty to William Bligh. |
| Place of Publication | Paris |
| Dimensions (cm) | 21,5 x 31,5 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Copper print |
Reproduction:
21.00 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )