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Apa 'apai
armament, ethnographic: bow, spiralled
armament, ethnographic: club
armament, ethnographic: club(gun-stock type)
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armament, ethnographic: club, war(paddle shaped)
armament, ethnographic: dagger, shark's tooth
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Medal commemorating the bicentenary of Cook's second voyage, 1969 (Medal)
Captain James Cook (1728-79) (Bust)
Medal commemorating Captain James Cook's second voyage (Medal)
War club
An Offering before Capt Cook, in the Sandwich Islands (before title) (Print)
Coin commemorating the discovery of Hawaii by James Cook, 1778 (Commemorative coin - half-dollar)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Plates of Cook's Voyages - Voyage 1 (Album)
Medal commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779) (Medal)
Medal commemorating the 2nd voyage of Captain James Cook, 1772 (Medal)
The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee (Print)
Illustrations of Cooks Voyages (Album)
An Offering before Capt Cook, in the Sandwich Islands (before title) (Print)
The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee (before title) (Print)
Captain James Cook RN, 1728-1779 (Print)
The Death of Captain James Cook by the Indians of Owhyee, one of the Sandwich Islands (Print)
Mort du Capitaine Cook (Print)
To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners... This Plate representing The Death of Captain Cook is humbly inscribed... (Print)
The Landing at Tanna one of the New Hebrides (Print)
'The View of Owyhee [Hawaii], one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas, With the Death of Captn Cook' (engraver's proof) (Print)
Captain Cook in Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound (Drawing)
A Chief and other Natives of O-Taheitee, visiting Captn Cook in his second voyage to the Southern Hemisphere (Print)
The Death of Captain James Cook by the Indians of Owhyee, one of the Sandwich Islands (Print)
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