James Cook Collection (page 2)

Summer and Winter Habitations in Kamchatka (from the Voyage to the Pacific Ocean), 1785. From a private collection

View of the Town and Harbour of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (from the Voyage to the Pacific Ocean), 1785. From a private collection

Captain James Cook (Wedgwood portrait medallion), ca 1776. Artist: Anonymous
Captain James Cook (Wedgwood portrait medallion), ca 1776. From a private collection

The Death of Captain James Cook on February 14, 1779, 1784. Artist: Anonymous
The Death of Captain James Cook on February 14, 1779, 1784. From a private collection

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Captain James Cook, (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and cartographer was killed by inhabitants of Hawaii during his third voyage of discovery

Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Artist: W Woollett
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Captain Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man

Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, transformed our knowledge of the Pacific region

Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Artist: Thomas Philips
Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Banks travelled to Newfoundland in 1766 on an expedition to collect plants

Wooden human form figure, Polynesian, (18th century?). Human figure with pearl shell and human bone inlay. Hawaiians used to believe that their gods could be called upon to enter images such as this

James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world

Neptune raising James Cook to immortality and fame, late 18th century. The name of Captain Cook (1728-1779), English navigator, explorer and hydrographer, is being written in the book of history

Inuit Wood hunting cap with ivory ornament collected during Cooks 3rd voyage, 1776-1780. James Cooks third and final voyage took the route from Plymouth via Cape Town and Tenerife to New Zealand

Captain Cooks third Pacific voyage, 1779 (1832). James Cook (1728-1779) English navigator, explorer, and hydrographer, receiving ritual tribute from Sandwich Islanders

James Cook, English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 (1815). A scene from Cooks second Pacific voyage, undertaken from 1772-1775

Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English botanist and plant collector, 1802. Banks sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour on his expedition of 1768-1771

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