Description
Rare engraving from the French edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage, published (1774) the year after the English edition (1773).
The title in the English versions was:
[A view in the island of Huaheine; with the Ewharra no Eatua, or House of God]
A small altar on the island of Huahine with an offering. At left is a tree called Owharra, with which the houses are thatched.
Leeward Islands, Society Islands.
Reference: Joppien 1.70B ill. pp. 130
From Hawkesworth, Relation des Voyages Entrepris par ordre de Sa Majeste Britannique Actuallement Regnante:…..
