This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

Hogg, Alexr. Published.

Antique engraving ca 1780 | Original engraving, handcolored: Binnenste van een huis van Oonalashka, (Pl. CXIV), published 1780, 1 p.

Name: Antique engraving ca 1780 | Original engraving, handcolored: Binnenste van een huis van Oonalashka, (Pl. CXIV), published 1780, 1 p.
SKU: PR121919-060
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Original engraving on laid paper, 280 x 460 mm. With indigenous people, Indian like decorations etc. In good condition.

This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth’s account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Discovery) and did more than any other voyager to explore the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Cook not only encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also assembled the first large-scale collections of Pacific objects to be brought back to Europe. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779.

[NL] Originele gravure handgekleurd. De prent stelt het interieur van een traditioneel huis op Oonalashka (Unalaska Island) voor, onderdeel van de Aleoeten in Alaska. De bewoners zijn inheemse Aleoetische mensen (Unangan), die leefden in semi-ondergrondse huizen (barabaras of ulax̂) gemaakt van hout, graszoden en walvisbotten, aangepast aan het barre klimaat. Ethnografische illustratie van inheemse volkeren van Alaska.

SKU: PR121919-060

€ 60,50 (€ 50,00 ex. btw)

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