Captain Cook’s Third Voyage – Tahiti: View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas by John Cleveley the Younger, Francis Jukes and James Cleveley, 1787 Size:47x70in (120x178cm) The map shows the state

The map shows the state in great detail

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The result is both elegant and authoritative: a vivid portrait of a state at the crossroads of technology

while the fortress towers of Sarzay and the ruined keep of Châteaubrun speak to the region’s medieval story

His reputation rested on clarity of line and a talent for organizing complex information into legible

Captain Cook’s Third Voyage – Tahiti: View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas by John Cleveley the Younger, Francis Jukes and James Cleveley, 1787 Size:47x70in (120x178cm) The map shows the stateCaptain Cooks Third Voyage Tahiti: View of Moorea (Morea), one of the Friendly Islands in the South Seas, by John Cleveley the Younger with Francis Jukes after Cleveley, 1787. This richly colored antique aquatint surveys Moorea in French Polynesia at the close of the Age of Exploration. Cooks ships Resolution and Discovery rest at anchor under jagged volcanic peaksrecognizable as Moua Roa and Moua Putawhile the shoreline hums with activity: double