The island of Tongatapu (Tonga), visited by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1777, after W. Hodges.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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Feb.y 1st 1777
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566171i
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view The island of Tongatapu (Tonga), visited by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1777, after W. Hodges.

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The island of Tongatapu (Tonga), visited by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1777, after W. Hodges. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Thatched houses and a local man on the right, chickens and boars in the foreground

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London (in New Street Shoe Lane) : Wm. Strahan ; [London] (in the Strand) : Thos. Cadell, Feb.y 1st 1777.

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 26.6 x 40.5 cm

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A view in the island of Rotterdam. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by W. Byrne Bears number: XLIII

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 2: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, New Haven and London 1985, pl. 76, p. 86

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Wellcome Collection 566171i

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After a drawing of Tongatapu (Amsterdam Island), October 1773, not of Nomuka (Rotterdam Island), but used to represent Nomuka as the two islands had similar terrain and features (Joppien and Smith, loc. cit. and pp. 182-183)

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