1778 Capt. Cook Antique Print Portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia, Tahiti 1773 Balkans Augustus Mitchell

Augustus Mitchell

in 1840 - the date is engraved at the foot of the map - and was published in the Chapman & Hall edition of the Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) Atlas

he was working for the court of France as Graveur du Cabinet du Roi

purchasing slaves from Africa and shipping them to Jamaica

it had to manage reconstruction of numerous public buildings

1778 Capt. Cook Antique Print Portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia, Tahiti 1773 Balkans Augustus MitchellTitle : Potatow, Chef de Tahiti Ref : 21415 Size: 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm) Date : 1778 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print, a portrait of Chief Potatau of Punaauia in Tahiti, French Polynesia, met by Captain James Cook during his 2nd Voyage of Discovery in the South Seas in 1773, was engraved by Robert Benard after William Hodges and was published in the 1778 French edition of Capt.