A View of Karakakooa in Owyhee Early surfing in Hawaii

by Captain Cook, George William Anderson

$375 · Offered by Kuenzig Books

London : Alex. Hogg at the Kings Arms No 16 Paternoster Row circa 1785. Engraving titled A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee. Paper size is 27.4 x 38.5 cm. Inside black border dimensions the main image without title are 22 x 33.9 cm. The top edge has been remargined with sympathetic laid paper where the imprint was trimmed away. Taylor sculp. engraved lower right. Now laid down archivally on a light tissue to preserve it and ensure that previous edge

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