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Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias
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Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias
Fictional depiction of Queen Purea (Oberea) offering a plantain leaf in surrender to sailors of the Dolphin, 1767. (Captain Samuel Wallis was too ill with scurvy to leave the ship so Tobias Furneaux claimed the island on his behalf.) Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844
Media ID 23174012
© Florilegius/Mary Evans
Colonialism Conquest Dolphin Feather Ferrario Fiction Giulio Plantain Sacred Samuel Scurvy Surrender Tahiti Tobias Wallis
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