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

a-human-sacrifice-at-otaheite.jpeg

Citation

John Webber, “A Human Sacrifice at Otaheite,” Mark Edwin Peterson, accessed March 28, 2024, https://markedwinpeterson.omeka.net/items/show/8.