Original and Enhanced
Old engravings and photographs, side by side with enhanced versions. Click any picture to see it larger, then click again to come back.
Enhanced versions can change colours, faces, clothing and backgrounds. Enhanced details may differ from the original. Compare them with the original historical record.
The drua Navukinavanua, described as Ratu Seru Cakobau’s last war canoe — 19th-century photograph
Fijian double canoe in full sail — 19th-century engraving “from an old block”
By the mid-19th century some drua measured 30 metres in length and were capable of carrying over 100 men. (1856)
Fijians on a drua (double-hulled canoe), 1800s
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Double canoe off Moalu, Feejee Islands, Septr 26th 1849 (Fiji)
Fijian sailing canoe with its crew — 19th-century lithograph
A Fijian double canoe under sail near low islands — 19th-century engraving
A club dance watched by officers of the United States Exploring Expedition — 19th-century engraving
Seru Epenisa Cakobau in old age — historical photograph
Men of Fiji around a figure lying on the ground — early photograph, probably a staged scene (awaiting cultural review)
Men carrying clubs, with a figure lying in the grass — early photograph, probably a staged scene (awaiting cultural review)