Tolaga Bay New Zealand Old Print Hippah Eppah Cook 1774

Fortified village called a Hippah, built on a perforated rock at Tolaga in New Zealand.

Cook ship’s log: After breakfast we all went ashore to see an Indian Fort or Eppah . . . We went to a bay where there were two, we landed near a small one the most beautifully romantic thing I ever saw. It was built on a small rock detached from the main and surround at high water, the top of this was fenced round with rails after their manner but was not large enough to contain above 5 or 6 houses; the whole appeared totally inaccessible to any animal who was not furnished with wings, indeed it was only approachable by one very narrow and steep path, but what made it most truly romantic was that much the largest part of it was hollowed out into an arch which penetrated quite through it and was in high not less than 20 yards perpendicular above the water which ran through it.


Origin one 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 plates and maps numbered almost half double-page or folding)

Size:

Sheets app.: 28 x 24.5 cm. 11 x 9.75 inches.
Image app.: 25 x 19.5 cm. 9.75 x 7.5 inches.
Condition: View very good. Strong engraving. Fold as published.

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