Title

'Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands', c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

Caption

'Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands', c1908, (c1920). James Cook (1728-1779) British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook told the Maoris that he had come to set a mark upon their islands. From Our Empire Story, by H. E. Marshall. [Thomas Nelson And Sons, London, c1920]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1908

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C77_182

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,7Mb (2,8Mb) / 8,9in x 12,1in / 2679 x 3617 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors people male man men meeting flag flags country exploration day guy weapon weapons color colour New Zealand colony uniform dress native war location century Colonial banner spear gesturing explorer concept twenties captain hand gesture standard warfare Maori weaponry 1920s 18th century 1900s 20th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector British Empire colonialism New Zealander TGN Captain James Cook James Aotearoa Aotearoan Cook Captain James Captain Cook James Cook Marshall H E Henrietta Elizabeth Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall J R Skelton Thomas Nelson and Sons HE HE Marshall Skelton JR Skelton J R Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton Skelton Joseph Ratcliffe HE Marshall Thomas Nelson and Sons