1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 City & Views of the Arawakan language family

of the Arawakan language family

This original copper-plate engraved map was published in 1780 edition of Atllas des toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre by Rigobert Bonne & Guillaume Raynal

In 1727 the to-min or \'idle people\' of Cheh Kiang province (a Ningpo name still existing)

the still semi-urban site was purchased in 1625 by Maffeo Barberini

an impressive structure containing a stone pyramid or ahu

1787 Bankes Antique Print Island of Raiatea, French Polynesia Cooks Voyages 1769 City & Views of the Arawakan language familyTitle : View of the new discoverd island of Ulietea, with some of its inhabitants, a double canoe, and other small craft, a boat house with the model of a double canoe, & c. Size: 14in x 9in (355mm x 230mm) Ref #: 21479 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of a view of the Island of Raiatea (Ulietea) during Captain Cooks 1st Voyage of discovery to the South Seas in 1769 was