1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 Russia landed in Tahiti with the

landed in Tahiti with the mission of carrying Tahitian breadfruit trees (Tahitian: uru) to the Caribbean

in later years

in which religious native rituals have been integrated with Christian celebrations

before work had proceeded far

whom Governor Philip Gidley King had given permission to return to England

1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 Russia landed in Tahiti with theTitle : View of the new discoverd island of Ulietea, with some of its inhabitants, a double canoe, and other small craft, a boat house with the model of a double canoe, & c. Size: 14in x 9in (355mm x 230mm) Ref #: 21479 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of a view of the Island of Raiatea (Ulietea) during Captain Cooks 1st Voyage of discovery to the South Seas in 1769 was