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Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Royal canoe of Anamooka or Rotterdam, one of the Friendly Isles in the South Seas. See Ellis's Voyage Vol 1. page 70. [May 1777]
- Date
- 1777
- Reference
- A-264-010-2
- Description
A view of a large double canoe (tongiaki), with mast and triangular sail, and a deck-house or covered platform. There is a pole at the rear on a raking angle and the canoe contains around 20 people. Paulaho's canoe was described as sighted on 27 May 1777 in Cook's Journals
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.53
Detailed catalogue prepared by the South Sea Library London, accompanies drawings in box A-264
Other Titles - The Royal canoe of Anamooka. (Nomuka, Tonga)
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink. Also 'W. Ellis fecit' in ink lower right
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on laid paper, 306 x 190 mm
Provenance: Astley family; sold 1974.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780] / Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil on laid paper, 306 x 190 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: GR under a crown surrounded by wreaths in a circle
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Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Royal canoe of Anamooka or Rotterdam, one of the Friendly Isles in the South Seas. See Ellis's Voyage Vol 1. page 70. [May 1777]. Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780]. Ref: A-264-010-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23058714More information can be found in our terms of use.