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SAINSON, LOUIS AUGUSTE DE [et al] - Portrait of Māori chief, Rangui, from Hauraki Gulf district. From: Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C.
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SAINSON, LOUIS AUGUSTE DE [et al]
Portrait of Māori chief, Rangui, from Hauraki Gulf district. From: Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C.
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... Atlas, vol. 1, Plate 71. With the blind stamp of the voyage, 340 X 450mm, a few spots of browning, unmounted. The Astrolabe anchored in Whangarei Harbour on 22 February 1827. Rangui, son of Tekoke, the leading chief of the Pahia tribe on the Bay of Islands, and one of his lieutenants, named Natai, came on board.
Portrait of Māori chief, Rangui, from Hauraki Gulf district. From: Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C.
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... Atlas, vol. 1, Plate 71. With the blind stamp of the voyage, 340 X 450mm, a few spots of browning, unmounted. The Astrolabe anchored in Whangarei Harbour on 22 February 1827. Rangui, son of Tekoke, the leading chief of the Pahia tribe on the Bay of Islands, and one of his lieutenants, named Natai, came on board.