1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Italy had just won an overwhelming

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1787 Bankes Antique Print of The Tahitian Fleet - Capt Cooks 3rd Voyage in 1777 Italy had just won an overwhelmingTitle : View of the Fleet of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 31793 1 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of Matavai Bay and the Island of Tahiti during Captain Cooks visit to the Island during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography,