Malekula Tanna Isles Weapons Voyage James Cook 1780

Title: Armes de Mallicolo et de Tanna

Primitive Weapons of the Tanna Islands.

Tanna island was first settled about 400 BC by Melanesians from the surrounding islands.
The glowing light of Mount Yasur attracted 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.

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 by Robert Bernard.dir(ex) (First engraver).

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Sheet app.: 19.5 x 25.5 cm. 7.5 x 10 inches.
Condition: Very good.

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