Young Tahitian woman presenting gifts to the king

Young Tahitian woman presenting gifts of tapa cloth and breast plates to the king. She wears a large hooped gown laden down with heavy fabric. After an illustration by John Webber for James Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Fille Taitienne portant des present au Roi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792

1792 Anthropology Aquatint Bordeaux Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Noble Savage Otaheite Pacific Ocean Polynesian

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