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C1784
Three Views of Arched Point, or Kerguelen’s Land.
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Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s third and final voyage. Five coastal profiles attributed to William Bligh. Kerguelen Island lies in the southern Indian Ocean and was visisted by James Cook 25 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Three Views of Arched Point, or Kerguelen’s Land.
Date:
C1784
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
420mm
x 285mm
Paper Size:
452mm
x 285mm
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.
Five coastal profiles attributed to William Bligh. Kerguelen Island lies in the southern Indian Ocean and was visisted by James Cook 25 to 30 December 1776.
From top.
Three views of Arched Point on Kerguelen’s Land.
View when Arched Point bears S* 2 1/2 miles distant.
View of Kerguelens Land 4 1/2 miles distant
View of Kerguelens Land when Prince of Wales foreland bears W.S.W.
From Cook & King, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere….
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.
