Rare . Lot Of 7 18th Century Engravings . Captain Cook's Voyage . ..

COOK'S TRAVELS . James Cook was a British explorer and cartographer born on November 7, 1728 (October 27, 1728 according to the Gregorian calendar) in Marton (Middlesbrough) and died on February 14, 1779 in Hawaii. Accessing the rank of captain in the Royal Navy, he made three trips in the Pacific Ocean during which he was the first European to land on the east coast of Australia in New Caledonia in the South Sandwich Islands and Hawaii. He was also the first navigator to circumnavigate Antarctica and map Newfoundland and New Zealand .

lot comprising 7 engravings including one framed. ..

man from Oonalashka . man from Easter Island . woman from Easter Island . Potatow chief of Tahiti . a woman from Kamchaka . Omai brought to England by Captain Furneaux .. engraved by Robert Benard dimension: 25 X 18 centimeters

A Man of Van Diemens Land .. engraved by J Caldwell . period frame and its old glass .. dimensions of the frame approx. 23/30cm