Hawaiian Islands / Atooi, Kauaʻi
1784, first edition atlas from Captain Cook's Third Voyage
Copper plate engraving by John Webber
Archival mat: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Provenance: Randy Nagatani, Honolulu, HI; Lahaina Printsellers, Maui, HI
This copper plate engraving by John Webber presents an inland view at Atooi, an early European name associated with Kauaʻi, from the first edition atlas of Captain Cook's third and final voyage, published in 1784. Inland landscape views form a distinct category within Cook voyage illustration, which more typically focused on coastal approaches, harbors, and figure studies; Webber's documentation of the interior landscape of Kauaʻi reflects a broader attention to the agricultural and settlement geography of the islands, not only their shorelines and inhabitants.
The composition emphasizes the organization of land, vegetation, and settlement as observed from within the island rather than from the sea, giving the plate a different spatial character from the majority of Cook voyage Hawaiian imagery. The larger archival mat gives the engraving a generous visual presence suited to a landscape subject. The Randy Nagatani and Lahaina Printsellers provenance adds a documented local collecting history to a plate that distinguishes itself within the Cook voyage Hawaiian record.
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Hawaiian Islands / Atooi, Kauaʻi
1784, first edition atlas from Captain Cook's Third Voyage
Copper plate engraving by John Webber
Archival mat: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Provenance: Randy Nagatani, Honolulu, HI; Lahaina Printsellers, Maui, HI
This copper plate engraving by John Webber presents an inland view at Atooi, an early European name associated with Kauaʻi, from the first edition atlas of Captain Cook's third and final voyage, published in 1784. Inland landscape views form a distinct category within Cook voyage illustration, which more typically focused on coastal approaches, harbors, and figure studies; Webber's documentation of the interior landscape of Kauaʻi reflects a broader attention to the agricultural and settlement geography of the islands, not only their shorelines and inhabitants.
The composition emphasizes the organization of land, vegetation, and settlement as observed from within the island rather than from the sea, giving the plate a different spatial character from the majority of Cook voyage Hawaiian imagery. The larger archival mat gives the engraving a generous visual presence suited to a landscape subject. The Randy Nagatani and Lahaina Printsellers provenance adds a documented local collecting history to a plate that distinguishes itself within the Cook voyage Hawaiian record.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
