Sujet
Captain James Cook, 18th century British navigator and explorer. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Captain James Cook, 18th century British navigator 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. Found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
The Print Collector collection
Date
30 nov. 1999
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C32_089
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 31,4cm x 40,0cm / 3711 x 4722 (300dpi)