1787 Bankes Antique Print of Mummified Chief Tu of Tahiti During Cooks 3rd Voyage 1777 Japan there are a number of

1787 Bankes Antique Print of Mummified Chief Tu of Tahiti During Cooks 3rd Voyage 1777 Japan there are a number of there are a number of mythological subjects The ruins of two 18th century Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue have been designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO This fine original cooper plate engraved antique print of the mummified remains of the Tahitian Chief Tu visited by Captain James Cook during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New Bad weather forced his ships south to about 43° north before they could begin their exploration of the coast northward