Title

The 'Endeavour' on the reef, Australia, 1770 (1886). Artist: Unknown

Caption

The 'Endeavour' on the reef, Australia, 1770 (1886). The 'Endeavour', commanded by Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef on 10 June 1770. Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1886

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C16_090

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,9Mb) / 17,5in x 11,1in / 5257 x 3322 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea waves boat boats Australia australasia Australian country danger exploration dangerous ship ships British geography Oceania reef Pacific Ocean Great Barrier Reef rough accident war location century rowing boat shipwreck Britain concept incident Navy B&W Endeavour sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors sailing ship naval warfare 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century shipwrecked The Print Collector aground geographical feature TGN James engraving wood engraving Unknown Captain James Captain James Cook Cook Captain Cook James Cook Andrew Frederic B Schell Schell Frederic B Andrew Garran Garran Frederic B Schell Andrew Garran Captain James Cook engraving wood engraving