[Weapons, &c at Mallicollo and Tanna.]

Rare c.18th engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition from the accounts of Cook’s second voyage published 1777 of weapons of Mallicollo and Tanna (Malekul and Tana, Vanuatu)..

1. A Bow
2. Stones Worn in the nose
3. Musical reeds, A Syrinx
4. A club
5. The point of an arrow
6. The arrow entire

From Cook’s, 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.

References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970: 1381-15, p.266
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974: 358.
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987: 2.134A, ill.p.234
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967: 16245.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 90039
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvMokVOlGA / 74VvMoxg6JJX