1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Title Pages tropical rainforests in the north-east

tropical rainforests in the north-east and mountain ranges in the south-east

Tahiti is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef

Opinions of Wrens cathedral differed

Title  : A Chief and other Natives of O Taheitee visiting Captain Cook in his second Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere

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1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Title Pages tropical rainforests in the north-eastTitle : Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands. Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82070 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique portrait of Fatafehi Paulaho, the Tui Tonga or Tongan King, visited by Captain Cook in 1777 by John Webber (Cooks official artist on the voyage) was published for the 1784 1st edition and official British Admiralty sanctioned