Title

'A Human Sacrifice in a Morai, in Otaheite; in the presence of Captain Cook', c1773. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'A Human Sacrifice in a Morai, in Otaheite; in the presence of Captain Cook', c1773. Captain James 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 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. From Story of the British Nation, Volume III, Walter Hutchinson. [London, c1920s]
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C34_106

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,7Mb (8,4Mb) / 17,8in x 10,8in / 5353 x 3248 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature animal tree people male man men music plant arts exotic guy pig drum island British palm tree South Pacific death chanting native war location century musical instrument Britain Tahiti concept killing sacrifice Navy hog B&W tahitian sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors naval warfare black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector human sacrifice TGN Captain James Cook James Unknown John Hutchinson Walter Cook Captain James Captain Cook James Cook John Webber;Webber Walter Hutchinson Walter Hutchinson