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179121955Glasgow 1791. Very good condition. Tuesday June 7 to Tuesday June 14 1791 issue of the Scottish newspaper Vol. XIV No. 702; pp 185 - 192. <br /> <br /> 'Sunday's Post' concerning the troubled state of trade and relations with China and the Northwest Coast of America: "Our countrymen have found a very considerable loss from the trade between China and the North West Coast of America having been so abruptly stopped by the ill conduct of the Spaniards. The latter have since formed a most advantageous intercourse between the two countries which is likely to be carried on to a very great extent." <br /> <br /> The article goes on to note trouble in Hawaii: "A small ship had been taken possession of by the Sandwich Islanders at Owhyee and every person on board killed. Her name is unknown. Several ships are equipping in India for this trade to the North West coast of America". p189. Original folds a bit of minor splitting. A small rectangle of text 3 x 1 1/2" excised at the rear page. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2" unknown
178429435The Netherlands 1784. Prints. A grouping of three small copper engravings from Cook's 3rd voyage to the Sandwich Islands Hawaii published in a Dutch edition of the book. They include the man wearing a full head mask; carvings weapons and feather work and the Hawaiian man dansing. The plate numbers are CXXIV CXXIII CXVII. Each roughly 4.5 x 6.5" strong impressions vgc. unknown
178529433London 1785. Very good overall. Copper engraved images of Hawaii from the folio atlas of Cook's 3rd voyage Pacific Ocean exploration. The images illustrate the native Hawaiians at their village on the island now called Kauai plt. 35. The ethnographic items include featherwork carving and weapons embedded with shark teeth plt. 67. Both with very wide margin. Paper sizes 21.5 x 16.25". The Atooi print with light marginal dusting and a small closed tear ikn the margin lower left. unknown
178444312Paris ca. 1784-87. 4to. Series of 6 engraved plates in original handcolouring. 21x145 cm. With broad margins: 255x19 cm. <br/><br/><em>The fine series of these early depictions Hawaiians comprises: 1. Femme des Isles Sandwich . 2. Guerrier de Sandwich - 3. Danseur des Isles Sandwich - 4. Pretre des Isles de Sandwich - 5. Roi des Isles de Sandwich - 6. Insulaire des Isles Sandwich. J. Grasset. direc. - J. Laroque Sculp.Colas 1287 ff. - Sabin: 28334 </em> unknown
