W Woollett.The fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparre. Society islands. Painted by William Hodges and engraved by W. Woollett. Shows a double-hulled war canoe in the foreground; with a figure in a tall white-feathered headdress at the left end; and about fifteen men sitting on the boat's platform. In the right background are two other boats of the same design; flying small square sails tied to the high stern ends.Hodges made the original picture in May 1774 or later; on Cook's second voyage. Captain Cook's second voyage.1768-1780.From: W Woollett; A collection of drawings by A. Buchan; S. Parkinson; and J. F. Miller; made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771]; also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron]; Wallis; and Cook 1773; as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775; 1776-1780].Add. 23921 f. 22London; British Library.