1787 Bankes Antique Print View of Nomuka Island, Tonga - Cooks Voyages in 1777 19TH CENTURY Cook first dropped anchor at

Cook first dropped anchor at Nomuka in May

by the Scottish artist Thomas Fairbairn (1821 - 1885) was published by Miller & Buchanan in the 1849 edition of Relic of Ancient Architecture and other Picturesque Scenes in Glasgow

The first Englishman to seek the passage was Martin Frobisher in three voyages up to 60°N between 1576 and 1578

Cook and Banks circumnavigated the island from 26 June to 1 July

1787 Bankes Antique Print View of Nomuka Island, Tonga - Cooks Voyages in 1777 19TH CENTURY Cook first dropped anchor atTitle : View in Anamooka and the Inhabitants Size: 14in x 9in (355mm x 230mm) Ref #: 40224 Date : 1787 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of a view of the Island of Nomuka, a small island in the southern part of the Ha apai islands, in the Kingdom of Tonga, during Captain Cooks 3rd Voyage of discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New, Royal