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C1773
[A View of Matavai Bay in Otaheite from One Tree Hill.]
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Rare c.18th engraving of Tahiti from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage and the first and most superior issue of this engraving. Cook arrived at Otaheite on 13 April 1769 to measure the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
[A View of Matavai Bay in Otaheite from One Tree Hill.]
Date:
C1773
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Condition:
In good condition, with fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
275mm
x 235mm
Paper Size:
281mm
x 275mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1773
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving of Tahiti from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage and the first and most superior issue of this engraving.
Cook arrived at Otaheite on 13 April 1769 to measure the transit of Venus across the Sun’s sphere on 3 June, an event which occurred only twice within eight years and once every 120 years.Â
From Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,…
References:
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987 :: 1.29C.
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 932.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2084480
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: PAI3956
:
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987 :: 1.29C.
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 932.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2084480
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: PAI3956
:
James Cook (1728 - 1779)
Cook was the most important navigator of the Age of Enlightenment, a period that saw the mystery of the Southland resolved, the discovery of New Zealand, Hawaii, numerous Pacific Islands and confirmation that a Northwest Passage did not exist. Cook was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and apprenticeship for three years under John Walker, a Quaker coal-shipper of Whitby. In 1755 Walker offered him a command, but instead Cook joined HMS Eagle and within a month was master's mate. After two years on the Channel service, he was promoted master of the Pembroke, and in 1758 crossed the Atlantic in her and took part in the siege of Louisburg and the survey of the St Lawrence River that led to the capture of Quebec. Returning to England in 1762 he married Elizabeth Batts (1742-1832?) of Shadwell, whom he was to rarely see in the ensuing years at sea. Cook then famously commanded three voyages that ended with his death on the island of Hawaii on 14 February 1779.
