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  • Sir Joseph Banks and the Art of Tattoo

    Sir Joseph Banks and the Art of Tattoo

    Sir Joseph Banks, the British world traveler and patron was born in 1743 and died in 1820. Banks, who accompanied James Cook on his first journey to the pacific, was also an encouraged natural scientist and was able to use the chance the examine the Polynesian skin art very closely. On the 5th of July, [...]

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