View of a beach, Point Venus, with palm trees on Tahiti, View of Point Venus - where Cook landed, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 2.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, cliché maker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 145 mm x width 145 mm, beach, trees: palm-tree, A circular sepia-toned photograph showing a coastal scene with tall, slender palm trees leaning toward the center, their fronds silhouetted against a cloudy sky. Along the horizon a low headland or cliff projects into the water, and below it a calm shoreline with scattered rocks meets the sea. The foreground shows a darker strip of beach and vegetation, and the overall image has a soft, vintage tonal quality.
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View of a beach, Point Venus, with palm trees on Tahiti, View of Point Venus - where Cook landed, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No. 2.', photographer: Henry Stuart-Wortley, Tahiti, cliché maker: Meisenbach's Autotype Company, printer (person): Meisenbach's Autotype Company, 1880, Meisenbach's Autotype Company, photographer, French Polynesia, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 145 mm x width 145 mm, beach, trees: palm-tree, A circular sepia-toned photograph showing a coastal scene with tall, slender palm trees leaning toward the center, their fronds silhouetted against a cloudy sky. Along the horizon a low headland or cliff projects into the water, and below it a calm shoreline with scattered rocks meets the sea. The foreground shows a darker strip of beach and vegetation, and the overall image has a soft, vintage tonal quality.

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View beach Point Venus palm trees Tahiti Point Venus - Cook landed page photomechanical print number No 2 photographer Henry Stuart-Wortley cliché maker Meisenbach's Autotype Company printer person 1880 French Polynesia paper collotype photoprint height 145 mm x width 145 mm trees palm-tree circular sepia-toned photograph showing coastal scene tall slender palm trees leaning center fronds silhouetted cloudy sky horizon low headland cliff projects water calm shoreline scattered rocks meets sea foreground darker strip vegetation image soft vintage tonal quality

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