Credit: © The Royal Society
                             
                         
                     
                         
                         
                             
                                 Image number: RS.9200
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            Fishing scene, Tahiti
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                                1773
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Edward Rooker (1702 - 1774, British) , Engraver
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Library reference
                            
                            
                                43369
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 220mm
width (print): 410mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 410mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                A fishing scene observed by Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour, Tahiti, 1769. Illustration from An account of the voyages ...for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth (London, 1773).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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