Western History of Tattooing and Tattoo Removal
filed in Tattoos on Dec.06, 2009
The start of tattooing 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 hit and this became the modern term “tattoo”. Tattooing spread rapidly through sailors, coal miners and explorers. These men had tattoos of minor’s lamp or an [...]
