A Short History of Tattoos - Part 2
This second article looking at the history of the Tattoo through the ages and the message they sometimes convey. The first tattooed European to be exhibited was Jean Baptist Cabri, a French sailor who said he was adopted by a tribe in the Marquesas and tattooed on the face and body. John Rutherford, an Englishman who said he had been captured and forcibly tattooed by the Maori in New Zealand joined the ranks of the exhibited. Over time, tattooing became popular and a number of people started to make their living by displaying their tattooed bodies.