Portrait of A Man of the Sandwich Islands in a Mask. & Representation of A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1795

Portrait of A Man of the Sandwich Islands in a Mask. & Representation of A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing.

$375.00
SKU: 860

DESCRIPTION

Two very well known and desirable engravings from Captain Cook's voyage and visit to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). The most well known is of a man in a mask, second is of a dancing Sandwich Islander. This plate comes from Alexander Hogg's 1795 London edition of Cook's Voyage.

FULL TITLE

Portrait of A Man of the Sandwich Islands in a Mask. & Representation of A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing.

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

Engraved by Royce

PUBLISHER

London: Published by Alex'r Hogg at the King's Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row.

PUBLICATION

A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority, Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty for making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c.

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

15 X 9.75

CONDITION

VG, professionally cleaned, de-adicified,flattened and backed with Japanese tissue, upper left corner filled in margin only.