1755 Prevost & Schley Antique Print of Aztec Dancers & Musicians Mexico - after De Bry Title Pages This fine original cooper-plate engraved

This fine original cooper-plate engraved antique print of a Human Sacrifice at the Utu-ai-mahurau Marae on Tahiti witnessed by Captain Cooks during his 3rd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1777 was published in Thomas Bankes 1787 edition of A New

The first European sighting was made by Jakob Roggeveen in 1722

The following day a good many [natives] came round us

His was the first scientific exploration of the Amazon

with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s

1755 Prevost & Schley Antique Print of Aztec Dancers & Musicians Mexico - after De Bry Title Pages This fine original cooper-plate engravedTitle : Amusemens De L Empereur Apres Son Diner Ref #: 25962 Size: 10in x 10in (255mm x 255mm) Date : 1755 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, original copper plate engraved antique print of Aztec dancers and musicians performing for the Aztec Emperor, in modern day Mexico, by Jakob van Schley after De Bry in 1755 was published in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors