A Human Sacrifice at Otaheite
Title
A Human Sacrifice at Otaheite
Creator
John Webber
Publisher
State Library of New South Wales
Date
1782
Type
Image
Subject
Tahiti--Discovery and exploration.
Voyages around the world.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Description
Final water color of a human sacrifice ritual on Tahiti during the third Cook voyage .
Identifier
P002
Relation
Cook, James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; Its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. 3 vols. and atlas volume. London, 1784
Original Format
Water Color
Files
Citation
John Webber, “A Human Sacrifice at Otaheite,” Mark Edwin Peterson, accessed March 28, 2024, https://markedwinpeterson.omeka.net/items/show/8.