Old Print of a Boxing Fight Between Two Natives of Hapaee, Tonga Islands, 1803

Antique print titled 'Tekening, Plan en Doorsnede van eene dubbele Praauw (..)'. Antique print depicting a drawing, plan and cross-section of a proa of Amsterdam Island. Amsterda...

Antique map Tonga titled 'Kaart van de Haven van Tongataboo'. Antique map of the harbour of Tongatabu, one of the Tonga Islands. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door Ja...

Antique print titled 'Gezigt op Annamooka'. This print depicts the Harbour of Annamooka, now Nomuka, part of the Ha’apai group of Tonga. Originates from 'Reizen rondom de Waereld' by...

Antique print titled 'View in Anamooka and the Inhabitants'. Depicts the marketplace that was established in a ring in front of the main house in Anamooka, Tonga - named the Friendly Islands because of his reception when James Cook's third Pacific voyage arrived there in May 1777. Artists and Engravers: Engraved for Bankes's 'New System of Geography'. Published by Royal Authority. Condition: Good, age-related toning. Please study image carefully. Date: c.1790 Overall size: 38.6 x 23.2 cm. Image size: 30.6 x 21.5 cm. A View at Anamooka This engraving after a drawing comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean'. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Discovery) and did more than any other voyager to explore the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Cook not only encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also assembled the first large-scale collections of Pacific objects to be brought back to Europe. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779. Cook was in Nomuka (Annamooka), Tonga or Friendly Isles from May 1-14, 1777. "On May 2 1777 the expedition reached Nomuka and anchored in the harbour on the north side of the island, which Cook had already used in June 1774. Both ships were in want of refreshments. A camp was erected on shore both as a trading post and a workshop for repairs. Watering, cutting wood...

Antique print titled 'Oedidee Jongman van Bolabola'. Antique print of Oedidee, a native from Bora Bora. Originates from 'Reizen Rondom de Waereld door James Cook (..)'. Artis...

Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Good Success Baai in de Straat van Le Maire (..)'. Antique map of the Strait of Le Maire between Terra Fuego and Staten Island. On top, various c...

Print by engraving on copper plate of the first half of the 19th century, depicting the bombardment of Cadiz by the French Navy, 23 September 1823. The print is signed peint par Crep...

ST/556/1 - Old map of Corsica isle, surveyed by Captain Hell, of the French Royal Navy in 1824, engraved and published on 1874, with additions and corre...

ST/520 - Old rare Italian map of England, dated 1826-1827 - by Girolamo Tasso, editor in Venise, for the atlas of M.r Le-Sage.

Cricket print of Joseph Guy of Nottingham. A framed, tinted and hand colored lithographic portrait of the All- England cricketer Joseph Guy (1813 - 187...

Dimensions: Frame: height 71.5 cm / width 55 cm Oleo printing: 63 cm high.

An 18th century copper plate hand-colored map entitled "Insulae Danicae in Mari Balthico Sitae utpote Zeelandia, Fionia, Langelandia, Lalandia, Falstria, Fembria Mona" created by Joh...