Rare c.18th engraving of Hititi from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
Head and shoulders of a young man with curly hair and flattish nose, wearing a gown. Hititi (also called Oediddee, Oedidee, O’Hedidee, (Mahine) was a native, ‘about [17 or 18 years] of age’ from Bora Borea who was taken on board the Resolution at Raiatea on 17 September 1773; ‘he may be of use to us if we should fall in with and touch at any isles in our root to the west which was my only montive for taeking him on board.’ (Cook Journals II, 230.)
From Cook, J., A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. London
References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970: 1381-35, p.267
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 358.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 : 16245.
Joppien, R & Smith, B. The art of Captain Cook’s Three Voyages, Vol. II Melbourne 1987: 22.70A, ill.p.179
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