Bligh's Sketch of Taloo Harbour in Tahiti

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Tahiti: William Bligh's 'Sketch of the Harbours on the north…
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Tahiti: William Bligh's 'Sketch of the Harbours on the north side of Eimeo. Taloo Harbour', copper plate engraving, 19 x 22 cm. The anchorage indicated at the head of one of the deep-water arms was where Cook's ships of the third voyage (Resolution & Discovery) were anchored in early October 1777 and 'Moored with a hawser fast to the shore'.

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