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C1773
[Bludgeons, used as weapons by the New Zealanders, and called patoo-patoos, as seen on the side, the edge, and the end.]
Rare c.18th engraving of Maori tools and weapons, from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage. This is the first and most superior issue of Cook’s engravings. ‘a short weapon of green talk…intended doubtless … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
[Bludgeons, used as weapons by the New Zealanders, and called patoo-patoos, as seen on the side, the edge, and the end.]
Date:
C1773
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 190mm
Paper Size:
228mm
x 280mm
AUTHENTICITY
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Genuine antique
dated:
1773
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving of Maori tools and weapons, from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s first voyage. This is the first and most superior issue of Cook’s engravings.
‘a short weapon of green talk…intended doubtless for fighting hand to hand and certainly well contrived for splitting skulls as it weigh[s] not less than 4 or 5 pounds and has sharp edges excellently polishd.’
‘they are of different shapes, some like an old fashioned chopping knife… always however having sharp edges and a suffecient weight to make a second blow unnescessary if the first takes place’ in these they seemd to put their cheif dependance, fastening them by a strong strap to their wrists least they should be wrenchd from them.’ (Banks, Journal I, 406)
From Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,..
References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: Beddie 932-14, p.176.
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987 :: 1.155A ill.p.209.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2084536
British Museum London: Registration number 1977,U.705
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3403.045
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: PAJ2162
National Library New Zealand: Ref A-111-121
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: Beddie 932-14, p.176.
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987 :: 1.155A ill.p.209.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2084536
British Museum London: Registration number 1977,U.705
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3403.045
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: PAJ2162
National Library New Zealand: Ref A-111-121
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.
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John Frederick Miller (1759 - 1796)
Miller was the son of Johann Muller, an engraver from Nuremberg, who settled in England in 1744. Of his twenty-seven children, two sons followed in their father's career. It was probably through Banks acquaintance with his father that John Frederick came into Banks employment. He was given the task of making drawings of artefacts collected by Banks and others on the Endeavour's voyage, and was to have accompanied Banks as a natural history draughtsman on Cook's second voyage to the Pacific, on the Resolution, together with his brother James.
