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C1784
A View of the Town and Harbour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka.
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Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s third and final voyage. All other later copies made of this image by other publishers were unauthorised, usually smaller and inferior in quality. The view is … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A View of the Town and Harbour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka.
Date:
C1784
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Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
530mm
x 250mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1784
Description:
Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s third and final voyage. All other later copies made of this image by other publishers were unauthorised, usually smaller and inferior in quality.
The view is towards the entrance of Avacha Bay with the Discovery and Resolution at anchor. The village is shown on the sandy peninsula with Kamchatkan summer huts and Russian log huts. Kamtschatka is a Oblast (district) and a peninsula in the Asiatic part of Russia .The capital is Petropawlowsk Kamtschatskij.
‘The Town or Ostrog of St. Peter & Paul stands upon a long narrow spit of Sand, which forms & seperates the Harbour from the Bay of Awatschka except at a narrow entrance about a Stones throw across. it consists of 5 or six Russian log Houses and about 15 Kamtschdale Houses called Balagans & 3 or 4 Joorta’s. Cook Journals III, 2, 1258.
Beddie 1743-74, p.343, Joppien 3.328A, ill.p.556
From Cook & King, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere…
John Webber (1752 - 1793)
John Webber was an 18th century artist, best known for his work as the official artist on Captain James Cook's third and final voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. He was born in London, England in 1751 and was trained as an artist. Webber accompanied Cook on his voyage as the official artist, tasked with creating drawings and paintings of the places and people they encountered. He produced many illustrations and sketches that were used to make engravings for inclusion in the official account of the voyage, published after Cook's death. Webber was required to "give a more perfect idea thereof than can be formed by written description." Webber's illustrations and engravings of the Pacific islands and their inhabitants are considered some of the most accurate and detailed depictions of the region from that time. They provide an important record of the places and people encountered by Cook and his crew, and are valuable for understanding the culture and daily life of the people of the Pacific during the 18th century. He died in London in 1793, after having returned from the voyage, but his work continues to be recognised as an important historical record of the voyage and of the art of his time. Webber's oeuvre from the voyage was the most comprehensive record of sights in the Pacific region ever produced.
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