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1787 Bankes Antique Print View of the Islands of Tahiti - Cooks 3rd Voyage, 1777 Canada on 11 June a mishapTitle : View of the Islands of Otaheite Size: 9 1 2in x 7 1 2in (240mm x 190mm) Ref #: 21525 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of Matavai Bay and the Island of Tahiti during Captain Cooks visit to the Island during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal and Authentic System of Universal Geography,