Sujet
Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Artist: Unknown
Légende
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. The principal aim of this, his his third voyage, was to find a northern sea passage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Having set sail from Hawaii in 1779, Cook returned to the islands after his ship 'Resolution' suffered storm damage, after which a fight broke out and he was stabbed to death.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1778
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_129
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
16,8Mo (1,7Mo) / 24,9cm x 16,9cm / 2937 x 2000 (300dpi)