Title

William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879).Artist: McFarlane and Erskine

Caption

William Dampier, English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer, (1879). Dampier (1652-1715) mapped the coasts of New Guinea and Western Australia (then known as New Holland) in 1699-1700. He was the first English explorer to see Australia. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1879

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C47_271

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (5,4Mb) / 11,5in x 17,0in / 3442 x 5104 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men discovery country exploration guy British English war location century Britain explorer concept navigation Navy B&W navigator sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors 17th century naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector William Dampier David lithograph William Dampier Blair McFarlane and Erskine McFarlane & Erskine David Blair Erskine McFarlane and David Blair lithograph