Inhabitants of Norton Sound, and Their Habitations

Webber, John; Pouncy, Benjamin; Cook, James

Verlag: John Stockton, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, London, 1778

Beschreibung

Engraving, large print. Light foxing; overall in very good condition. According to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich: "Descriptions of the inhabitants of Norton Sound, who were only encountered briefly, are sparse. The family whom Webber has drawn may be the one which Cook met on the afternoon of 13 September …a family of the Natives came near to the place where we were taking off wood… I saw no more than a Man, his wife, and child…" Captain James Cook made three voyages throughout the Pacific. He made first contact between European & Pacific cultures. Somewhat infamously, Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779.; 22" x 16.5". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 024832

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Titel: Inhabitants of Norton Sound, and Their ...

Verlag: John Stockton, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1778