Title

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago

Caption

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. Found in the collection of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

Date

1819

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media

Reference

HRM19C00_042

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,0in x 11,4in / 5104 x 3429 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea beach boat boats exploration violence British geography shooting fighting Pacific Ocean Hawaii death Hawaiian war location century Britain dispute explorer concept violent killing TRAGEDY Navy B&W MONOCHROME warfare naval warfare 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Art Media geographical feature naval officer TGN Captain James Cook James Cook Captain James Captain Cook James Cook Jacques Etienne Victor Arago Arago Jacques Etienne Victor