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The book nicely illustrates the long and varied lives of these valuable manuscripts
with engraved portrait frontispiece
but these are a later manuscript productions of uncertain date
An introduction by Edward Brown
The first edition has no records in auctions and only 2 institutional holdings are noted on Worldcat (BL and Mainz)
James Cook - "Otoo King of Tahiti" - 1777 12th century and earlier The book nicely illustrates the"Otoo King of O Taheite" Original Copperplate Engraving James Cook Page 9 x 12 inches (22 x 30cm) 1777 Good condition Some toning and marks to page Verso blank This is an original plate the official account of James Cook's 2nd Voyage published in 1777 This plate shows Otoo the king of Tahiti "After the success of the first voyage, the Admiralty sent Cook on a second expedition: to investigate the globe as far south as possible. Cook earned his place
