1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 Africa Anchors in Resolution (formerly Madre

Anchors in Resolution (formerly Madre de Dios) Bay (Vaitahu Bay)

Ilion) was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus

apart from the rare appearance of an early Ptolemy map

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1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 Africa Anchors in Resolution (formerly MadreTitle : 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 #: 40221 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