Captain James Cook, 18th century English naval officer and explorer. Artist: Unknown
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Captain James Cook, 18th century English naval officer and explorer. Artist: Unknown

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Captain James Cook, 18th century English naval officer and explorer. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world. 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.

Date

1940

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historisk Bildbyra

Notre référence

HRM19D82_232

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

40,4Mo (2,6Mo) / 27,4cm x 37,0cm / 3235 x 4367 (300dpi)

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