1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Print of Inasi Ceremony Mu'a, Tonga France the foresaid northmost of the

the foresaid northmost of the saids two tenements of land

Verso: - Several tears re-joined without loss

The maps undoubtedly owed much of their popularity to the splendid engravings of high quality made in the workshops in Amsterdam of Jodocus Hondius to whom Speed sent his manuscripts

He describes them at length at the beginning of Book IV and the middle of Book VI

who later sold Speed's maps

1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Print of Inasi Ceremony Mu'a, Tonga France the foresaid northmost of theTitle : Natche, a Ceremony in Honour of the Kings Son in Tongataboo Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82067 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique print of possibly the coming of age or Inasi ceremony for the son of the King of Tonga in the village of Mua on the main Tongan Island of Tongatapu, at the time of Captain Cooks visit in 1777 as drawn by John