Tanna Island Old gravure L’Isle de Tanna, James Cook 1778

Title: Vue de L’Isle de Tanna.

Captain James Cook, the first European to visit the island, in August 1774, where he landed in an inlet on the southeastern tip of the island that he named Port Resolution after his ship HMS Resolution.
He gave the island the name of Tanna, probably from the local name for earth, tana in the Kwamera language.

Captain Cook's Journal During the Voyages Round the World
Vue de L’Isle de Tanna. Plate 47, Page 128.

Copperplate engraving of the first editions of: Voyage das L’Hemisphere Austral, et autour du Monde,
fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, L, Aventure & la Resolution…
Ecrit par Jacques Cook, Commedant de la Resolution…

Engraved by Robert Bernard.dir(ex)
(First engraver after the sketches and paintings of locations by William Hodges who accompanied the journey with Cook)

Size:
Sheet app.: 40 x 25.5 cm. 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Image app.: 35.5 x 20.5 cm. 14 x 8 inches.
Condition: Fine strong engraving on very good condition. Folds as published.

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