'Sauvages_de_la_Mer_Pacifique',_panels_11-20_of_woodblock_printed_wallpaper_designed_by_--Jean-Gabriel_Charvet--_and_manufactured_by_--Joseph_Dufour--.jpg

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Description	English: 'Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique', panels 11-20 of woodblock printed wallpaper designed by Jean-Gabriel Charvet and manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie Panels 10-11: Inhabitants of New Zealand, discovered by Abel Tasman . In panel 10 Chief Kaoora, who killed a detachment of Captain Furneaux’s crew, sits on a rock under two gris-gris trees. In panel 11 a New Zealand woman and child with warriors on a trail to the rear. Panel 12: Inhabitants of the Straits of Prince William , 1778 (Sandwich Sound, Alaska). They resemble their neighbors, the natives of Nootka Island . Panel 13: Inhabitants of Nomuka with Abel Tasman on Rotterdam Island (now called Anamocka) in 1643. A vessel is filled with island natives during Cook’s visit in 1777. Panel 14: Inhabitants of New Caledonia , visited by Cook in 1773. Natives picking bananas resemble natives of Tanna , their nearest neighbor. Panels 15-16: Inhabitants of Tongatapu , the main island of Tonga and the most important of the Society Islands . Cook anchored in June 1777 accompanied by Omai and Chief Finau 'Ulukalala and was received by King Fatafehi Paulaho at a great feast. The King stands beneath the banana tree with his favorite wife. In the background of panel 16 are Finau and Omai standing under tamarind trees watching wrestlers. Panel 17: Inhabitants of Santa Christina in the Marquesas Islands . King Honoo of Santa Christina and his Queen watch the Tongatabo fête with other inhabitants in the background under the tamarind trees. Panel 18: Inhabitants of Marquesas Islands , discovered by Álvaro de Mendaña in 1595 and visited by Cook in 1773. A man and two women are seated beneath a palm tree. People in middle distance of panels 18-19 are of Cape Maria van Diemen , New Holland (Australia) and Admiralty Islands . Jacques Julien Houton de la Billardière visited the later in 1791-94 while searching for Marquis de La Pérouse . Panel 19: Inhabitants of Easter Island , which was allegedly discovered by the English buccaneer Captain John Davis in 1686 and visited by Cook in 1773. Two people in foreground are of Easter Island . Panel 20: Inhabitants of Palau , where English sea captain Henry Wilson sailing on the Antelope was shipwrecked in August 1783. In foreground are King Aba-Thule and his wife Ludee, who returned to Europe with Wilson on a boat built in Palau .
Date	before 1829 date QS:P,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source	panels 1-10 of woodblock printed wallpaper designed by Jean-Gabriel Charvet and manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie , from K. R. Howe. 'Ideas of Māori origins - 1770s–1840s: early ideas', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 15-Nov-12
Author	designed by Jean-Gabriel Charvet and manufactured by Joseph Dufour et Cie

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2007-07-13 21:55 Wmpearl 1768×807× (301370 bytes) 'Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique', panels 11-20 of woodblock printed wallpaper designed by [[Jean-Gabriel Charvet]] and manufactured by [[Joseph Dufour]]
2007-07-13 21:10 Wmpearl 1768×748× (288392 bytes) 'Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique', panels 11-20 of woodblock printed wallpaper designed by [[Jean-Gabriel Charvet]] and manufactured by [[Joseph Dufour]]

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