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  • Information in English and Maori (on verso) on AIDS and how it is transmitted and prevented. Lithograph.
  • Information in English and Maori (on verso) on AIDS and how it is transmitted and prevented. Lithograph.
  • A woman inhabitant of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Engraving by J. Caldwall, 1777 after W. Hodges, 1775.
  • Interior of a house occupied by men, women and children in Unalaska, Alaska, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A man from Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • The island of Tanna, Vanuatu, and some of its inhabitants. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • People from Unalaska, Alaska, and one of their huts, with canoes and fishing equipment; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Etching by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A burial place on Tongatapu, Tonga. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773 or 1774.
  • A fiatooka, or burial place, on Tongatapu island. Engraving by W. Ellis, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1783.
  • Ōtago, a young man encountered by Captain Cook in Tonga on his second voyage. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Matavai Bay, Tahiti and some of its inhabitants on board boats, encountered on Captain Cook's second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Watts, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Possession Bay in South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean. Engraving by S. Smith, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1775.
  • Men at Unalaska, Alaska, in canoes; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Angus, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A ceremony in honour of the king's son, on the island of Tongatapu. Engraving by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Young men and women in Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • The fleet of Tahiti assembled at Pare. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Young men and women in Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • The dead body of Tee, one of the chiefs of the island of Tahiti, in a state of preservation. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A young woman in Tahiti, wearing a large skirt. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A young woman in Tahiti, wearing a large skirt. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A young woman from Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Potatau, a man in Tahiti encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Resolution Bay in the Marquesas Islands: canoes and a sailing boat in the harbour. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.
  • A young woman from Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Tu, ruler of Te Porionuu, Tahiti, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Geology: large icebergs seen in the South Atlantic on Cook's voyages: sailors in boats collecting pieces of ice. Engraving by Roe.
  • The death of Captain James Cook: a man is fighting off his attackers with the butt of a rifle, men in a boat behind him are firing rifles at those on shore. Engraving, 1794, by I. Hall and I. Thornthwaite and S. Smith after G. Carter.
  • The body of Vehiatua II, chief of Teahupo'o, lying in state in Tahiti two years after his death, as encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Webber, 1789.