Webber, John, after.

Antique engraving ca 1800? | Original engraving: Gezigt van de Karakakooa baai aan het eiland Owhijhee (Owyhee), 1 p. Rare print with damages. First surfboard published.

Name: Antique engraving ca 1800? | Original engraving: Gezigt van de Karakakooa baai aan het eiland Owhijhee (Owyhee), 1 p. Rare print with damages. First surfboard published.
SKU: PR121733
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Original engraving on laid paper, 255 x 400 mm. With visible folds and a part missing in the right top corner. Shows dozens of Native Hawaiian canoes and sail boats going out from a coastal village. The view is also noteworthy in that it is the earliest printed image to include an image of a surfboard (foreground, between the two outriggers).

From an English edition of Cook’s account of his 3rd Voyage. The scene was originally sketched by John Webber, a talented young artist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780.

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 van het gezicht op de karakakooa baai aan het eiland owhijhee (Owyhee). Hawaii. Plaat uit “Reize rondom de Waereld”, een Nederlandse uitgave van reizen van James Cook. Eerste afbeelding van een surfboard (midden onder).

early surfing Hawaii – eerste surfafbeelding Hawaii – drawing by John Webber.

SKU: PR121733

€ 108,90 (€ 90,00 ex. btw)

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