Sujet

'Captain Cook Landing in Australia', 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson.

Légende

'Captain Cook Landing in Australia', 1912. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform landing at Botany Bay on Sunday 29 April 1770. Cook made three voyages of discovery. On the first he observed the transit of Venus and charted the coasts of New Zealand and eastern Australia, claiming them for Britain, and on the second he explored the Southern Ocean. The main objective of his last voyage was to find a northern sea passage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He was killed when a fight broke out with natives in Hawaii.From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1912

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D08_325

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 29,9cm x 41,0cm / 3536 x 4840 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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