A mountainous landscape, with a river in the centre, a small canoe, Tahitian houses to the right, and a Tahitian couple in the left foreground. A banana palm and coconut trees, along with other native trees can be seen.Webber, John 1751-1793 :Views in the South Seas from drawings by the late James [i. e. John] Webber, draftsman on board the Resolution, Captain James Cooke [i. e. Cook], from the years 1776 to 1780. London, Boydell, 1808 [i. e. 1809] Physical Description Aquatint, hand-coloured 289 x 418 mm (image), 326 x 447 mm (plate mark) on sheet 425 x 538 mm

A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784] (C-131) Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)

Head and shoulders portraits of two Tahitian men, both wearing woven garments. The man on the left has tattoo showing on his right jaw and lower cheek; the one on the right has his mouth drawn down to one side and up on the other, so that it appears diagonal. Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, 'The Endeavour'. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. London, Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the editor, 1773. (PUBL-0037). Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 275 mm

Shows Captain Cook aboard the Resolution (or Adventure) meeting a group of Tahitians in 1773 or 1774 visiting Capt.n Cook in his second voyage to the Southern Hemisphere. Cook visited Tahiti in 1773 and 1774 during his second voyage. It is not certain which of the two visits is depicted in this engraving. From: Millar, George Henry fl 1782. The new and universal system of geography ... London, Alex. Hogg, 1782. (qREng/MIL/New/1782) opp. p.209. Engraving on laid paper (no watermarks) 272 x 170 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 352 x 231 mm

Head and shoulders view of a young Tahitian man from Borabora. drawn from nature by W. Hodges ; engrav'd by J. Caldwall. - London ; [Strahan], 1776. From a red chalk drawing done on Cook's 2nd voyage, entitled: A young man of Bolabola, now in the National Library of Australia. Published in: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole. London, 1777. Pl. 35. Engraving, b&w, 259 x 197 mm.

A dramatic moonlit view among palm trees of the Endeavour's butcher (Henry Jeffs) holding a curved knife and about to cut the throat of a Tahitian woman. Her husband, Tepau i Ahurai Tamaiti, is standing on the right, waving his arms, an axe at his feet. On the far right, Joseph Banks in full uniform is intervening, sword in hand, to prevent the attack. Artist unknown. Aquatint with slight hand-colouring, 149 x 102 mm on sheet 199 x 124 mm

A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784] (C-131). Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm

A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784] (C-131) Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

A thatched shelter in a clearing in Nomuka, Tonga. Inside the shelter, a seated woman is playing a nose flute, with a man seated on her left, a folded cloth on the ground beyond him. In front of the shelter a standing man is facing the group. To the left, a taro plant is growing, with a banana palm to the left of the shelter and a coconut palm behind it, as well as other larger trees. A small family group is in the middle distance on the right. Drawn and Etch'd by J. Webber. Aquatinta by M. C. Prestel. London, Pub.d by J. Webber, 1787. From: Plates to Cook's voyages. Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Vol II. [London, various publishers, ca 1800] Aquatint, 255 x 402 mm (image), 296 x 432 mm (plate mark)

By John Webber (1751-1793). Engraving on cream woven paper, 217 x 373 mm.

Depicts the moment of Cook's assassination in Hawaii. By John Webber (1751-1793), the figures engraved by F. Bartoluzzi. The landscape by W. Byrne. London, published 1 July 1785 by W Byrne and J Webber.Engraving black and white 252 x376 mm.

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of these images.