Western History of Tattooing and Tattoo Removal
The beginning of tattoos in the west began when Captain Cook who was a British explorer sailed to Tahiti. The Tahitians used the term “tatatau” or tattau, meaning to strike and this became today’s term “Tattoo”. Tattooing became fashionable among Europeans, starting with the sailors and 18th century explorers. Sailors and later, coal miners, both had [...]
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