Entrevue du Commodore Byron avec les Patagons.

Scarce late c.18th engraving depicting the encounter of Commodore John Byron with Patagonian natives during his voyage to the South Seas in 1764–66 on the Dolphin.

The scene illustrates Byron’s celebrated meeting with the so-called “Patagons” on the coast of Patagonia, an episode that contributed to the enduring European fascination with the supposed giant inhabitants of the region.

From: French edition of, Hawkesworth, J. Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majesté Britannique actuellement régnante.

References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970: 659.

Collections:
Bibliotheque Nationale de France: 4-P2-19
National Library New Zealand: NLNZ ALMA 9913312233502836
New York Public Library: KBF (Hawkesworth, J. Relation des voyages entrepris) v. 1-4
State Library New South Wales: 991013932229702626
State Library Victoria: RARELTF ; 910.41 H31R
State Library South Australia: 910.4 H395 b
State Library Queensland: LCCallNum: 05034855