[Rooker, Michael Angelo], 1743-1801 :Wallis attacked at Otaheite [London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

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Title

[Rooker, Michael Angelo], 1743-1801 :Wallis attacked at Otaheite [London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

The Dolphin close to hilly shores, with smoke from its guns on both sides, surrounded by many Tahitians in canoes. Some of the men in the canoes are standing, apparently hurling rocks at the ship. The canoe in the right foreground is a large ocean-going double-hulled canoe with a platform. A few men can also be seen on land. The Dolphin arrived at Tahiti in 1768 Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Descriptio...

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Image

Date created

1768 - 1820

Creator

Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1743-1801

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23055270

Locations

Tahiti

Related subjects

Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795 / HMS Dolphin (Ship : 1751-1777) / Canoes and canoeing / French Polynesia / Tahiti (Island) / Battles / Pacific / Tahiti

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