EditorialKevin Wallis, director of forecasting at Surfline.com, looks at the ocean as he poses near the Paris 2024 Olympics surfing site in Teahupo'o, Tahiti
EditorialA local resident surfs a wave near the Paris 2024 Olympics surfing site as the competitions are delayed due to a bad weather system in Teahupo'o, Tahiti
EditorialThe Aranui 5, a Cruise ship-cum-freighter where some of the athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics surfing competition will stay, is seen near Teahupo'o, Tahiti
Editorial[Whole drawing] A dance or heiva at Otaheite [Tahiti].Two men and two women dancing, with drummers behind, and spectators either side. September 1777. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1777-1779. 1777. Source: Ad...
EditorialThe Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish. Dated: c. 1895. Dimensions: overall: 136 x 152.4 cm (53 9/16 x 60 in.) framed: 152.4 x 168.3 x 4.4 cm (60 x 66 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialA dance in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by J. K. Sherwin. A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a f...
EditorialSketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed of the Areoi]) (verso), from the Carnet de Tahiti (Tahitian sketchbook). Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1891-1893. Dimensions: ...
EditorialHuman sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after John Webber f...
EditorialNatives of Tahiti on war canoes. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after William Hodges from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
Editorial[Whole drawing] A double travelling canoe of Otaheite [Tahiti], with elaborate carving. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1777-1779. 1777. Source: Add. 15513, No.26. Language: English.
Editorial[Whole drawing] Human sacrifice at the great morai at Attahouroo [Utuaimahurau],Tahiti, witnessed by Captain Cook on 1 September 1777. A bound figure in the foreground, with men digging a hole for the body behind, and the whatta containing two dogs and...
EditorialView of Fort Venus,Tahiti, after a drawing by H.D. Sp?ring. . DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by A. Buchan, John F. Miller, and others. January-July 1771. Di...
EditorialDrawing of the Dolphin anchored in Port Royal Bay, King George's Island [Tahiti], during Captain Samuel Wallis's voyage of discovery to the South Seas. June-August 1767. Journal of Midshipman George Pinnock on the Dolphin. 1767. Source: Add. 15499, f.2...
Editorial[Whole drawing] A dance or heiva at Otaheite [Tahiti].Two men and two women dancing, with drummers behind, and spectators either side. September 1777. Drawings executed by John Webber during the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1777-1779. 1777. Source: Ad...
Editorial[LH of drawing] War canoes of Otaheite [Tahiti]. Drawn by William Hodges during Captain Cook's second visit to Tahiti, between 22 April and 14 May 1774. A collection of large Drawings in Indian ink, made by Wm. Hodges,. during the second voyage of Capt...
EditorialWaheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in state, recorded by Captain Cook during his visit to Tahiti on 19th August 1777. A funerary stage supports the shrouded corpse and an attendant. They are sheltered by a grass-roofed awning, and surrounded by a l...
EditorialDancing girl and a Chief Mourner of Tahiti. DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by A. Buchan, John F. Miller, and others. June-August 1769. Pencil and water-colou...
Editorial[RH of drawing] A war canoe of Otaheite [Tahiti]. Drawm in Indian ink, by William Hodges, during the second voyage of Capt. Cook, in 1772-1774. A collection of large Drawings in Indian ink, made by Wm. Hodges,. during the second voyage of Capt. Cook, ...
EditorialView of Matavai Bay, Otaheite [Tahiti]; with Point Venus and One-Tree Hill, and Mount Orofena behind. Native canoes in the foreground. Drawn in Indian ink, by Williamm. Hodges, during the second voyage of Capt. Cook, in 1772-1774. A collection of large...
EditorialView of Matavai Bay, Otaheite [Tahiti]; with Point Venus and One-Tree Hill, and Mount Orofena behind. Native canoes in the foreground. A drawing made during the second voyage of Capt. Cook, in 1772-1774. A collection of large Drawings in Indian ink, ma...