
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)