Image of Canoes of the Sandwich Islands, the rowers masked. A double

Canoes of the Sandwich Islands, the rowers masked. A double canoe with an upright lateen...

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Image title: Canoes of the Sandwich Islands, the rowers masked. A double canoe with an upright lateen sail holding nine rowers wearing gourd helmets, and one helmeted figure holding a carved idol. The shoreline in the background represents the north-west side of Kealakekua Bay. John Webber made pictures for this event in 1779, on Cook's third voyage.
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: engraving

Image description: A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. Illustrator: Webber, John 1768-1780 Source/Shelfmark: Add.23921 f.71 Captain Cook's third voyage
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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