Captain Cook’s Third Voyage – Tahiti: View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas by John Cleveley the Younger, Francis Jukes and James Cleveley, 1787 Size:47x70in (120x178cm) Grand-Saconnex

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Captain Cook’s Third Voyage – Tahiti: View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas by John Cleveley the Younger, Francis Jukes and James Cleveley, 1787 Size:47x70in (120x178cm) Grand-SaconnexCaptain Cooks Third Voyage Tahiti: View of Moorea (Morea), one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas, by John Cleveley the Younger with Francis Jukes after Cleveley, 1787. This richly colored antique aquatint surveys Moorea in French Polynesia at the close of the Age of Exploration. Cooks ships Resolution and Discovery rest at anchor under jagged volcanic peaksrecognizable as Moua Roa and Moua Putawhile the shoreline hums with activity: double