Sujet
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Artist: W Woollett
Légende
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Captain Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man and some pigs are prepared for sacrifice on the island of Otaheite (Tahiti). This is one of the events witnessed by Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, during the second of his three exploratory voyages to the Pacific region in 1772-1775 when they crossed latitude 70 degrees - the furthest south then reached by Europeans. These voyages transformed our knowledge of the region.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1773
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_355
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 27,6cm x 16,3cm / 3256 x 1928 (300dpi)