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19 A VIEW OF PART OF THE ISLAND OFULIETEAOil 13 x 19JNow Raiatea, Society Islands.September 177320 VIEW OF THE ISLANDS OF OTAHA ANDBOLA BOLA WITH PART OF THE ISLANDOF ULIETEAOil 13xl9£Now Tahaa and Bora Bora, Society Islands, nearRaiatea.September 177323 MATAVAI BAY, TAHITIPen and wash 24£x91£August 1773 or April/May 177424 WAR CANOES AT TAHITIPen and wash 24 x 76 £April/May 1774Preparatory drawing for the painting (No. 17)21 A VIEW OF RESOLUTION HARBOUR INTHE MARQUESEA (1775)Oil 18Jx24iThe Marquesas had been discovered by Mendana,the Spanish explorer, in 1595. He had previouslynamed this harbour Madre de Dios.April 177422 A VIEW IN THE ISLAND OF NEWCALEDONIAOil53|x76Discovered by Cook 4 September 1774. Resolutioncan be seen anchored on the far left in this painting.H. D. SPORING {c. 1730-1771)25 MAORIS IN A WAR CANOE DEFYINGCOOK'S MENPencil 10£xl6|Insc: verso "The Inner (?) Island Canoe: Double WarCanoe. Novr 2d 1769. New ZealandDrawn when Endeavour was near Motuhora Island(Whale Is.) off Whakatane 2 November 1769.Beaglehole. Banks, Vol. II, 3
26 TWO MAORI CANOE PROWS(a) The Head of a New Zealand Canoe.(b) The Stern Ornament of a CanoePencil 25|xl7Insc: (a) About 3 feet highNew Zealand(b) About 12 feet highNew ZealandProbably drawn at Tolaga Bay (October 1769).Beaglehole. Banks, Vol. II, 4a, 4b27 ARCHED ROCK AT TOLAGA BAYPencil 10| x 16|October 1769A similar drawing was made by Parkinson (B.M.23921.76).Beaglehole. Banks, Vol. II, 1GEORGE COOK (1781-1834)28 PERFORATED ROCK WITH A PA, MERCURY BAYEngraving hand coloured (after Sporing)Published in Pinkerton's Collection Voyages andTravels 1812.12 November 1769The title is an error, inherited from Hawkesworth'sVoyages, where it was confused with the ArchedRock at Tolaga Bay.JOHN WEBBER (1752-1793)29 COOK'S COVEOil 23 x 30Cook's Cove is in Tolaga Bay which was notrevisited on the third voyage. Its proper title shouldbe Ship's Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, whereResolution anchored from 12 February — 25February 1777.Webber painted this work after his return toEngland in 1788. It may be identified with the work(212) exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1789,titled View of Queen Charlotte's Sound, New Zealand30 PORTRAIT OF A NEW ZEALANDERPencil 17J x 12£Queen Charlotte Sound Feb 1777
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