[A View of the inside of a house in the island of Ulietea (Raiatea), with the representation of a dance to the music of the country.]

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Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage. All other later copies made of this image by other publishers were unauthorised, usually smaller and inferior in quality.

View of the inside of a house showing in detail the construction methods used. The figures in the dance have been rendered in a classical romantic style by Giovanne Battista Cipriani.

Reference: Beddie 932-7, p.176, Joppien 1.87B ill.p.151

From Hawkesworth,  An Account of the Voyages Undertaken By the Order of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.