{"product_id":"young-woman-of-tahiti-bringing-a-present","title":"1785 Young Woman of Tahiti Bringing a Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young Tahitian woman wrapped in a great bundle of cloth appears in this excerpted plate from the French edition of the official account of Captain Cook's third voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn it, a young woman with flowers in her hair stands with her chin resting on one hand, encircled at the waist by a broad hoop of draped and festooned cloth that falls to the ground around her. Palms rise behind her at right, and hills fade into the distance at left. The caption reads \"Jeune femme de O-Tahiti apportant un présent,\" or \"Young woman of Tahiti bringing a present.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCook's Third Voyage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Cook's third and final voyage, aboard the \u003cem\u003eResolution\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e from 1776 to 1780, crossed the Pacific by way of Tonga and Tahiti before sailing north to the coast of northwest America, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779, and his ships returned home under other commanders. The expedition's artist, John Webber, recorded the people, places, and objects they encountered, and his drawings were engraved for the official account published in London in 1784. A French translation followed in Paris in 1785, with its plates re-engraved under the direction of Robert Bénard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New World Cartographic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44513247723581,"sku":"92541","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0390\/9705\/files\/92541a.jpg?v=1794431082","url":"https:\/\/nwcartographic.com\/products\/young-woman-of-tahiti-bringing-a-present","provider":"New World Cartographic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}