The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc. – Antique Print
![The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc., [between 1770 and 1800] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/904b95337aa9-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc.
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Set in the Ha'apai island group of Tonga, this engraving depicts a ceremonial reception of James Cook during his third Pacific voyage. John Webber, the expedition's official artist, made the original drawing, and Goldar engraved it for an octavo edition of Cook's published account. Webber's Pacific drawings gave European readers an unusually direct view of Polynesian ceremony, and the catalog tags this plate under the spiritual life of the islanders. Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779, so the scene records the expedition during its more peaceable stops in the South Seas.
| Created / published | [between 1770 and 1800] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1770-1800.Engravings 1770-1800. |
| Notes | Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. |
| Subjects | Cook, James,--1728-1779--Journeys--Tonga--Ha'apai Group. Rites & ceremonies--Tonga--Ha'apai Group--1770-1800. Polynesians--Spiritual life--Tonga--Ha'apai Group--1770-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,292 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179104 |
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