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James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

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Discoveries in geography
Cartography

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Images by James Cook

7 images from works
  • Plans and views to ... Cook's voyages / [James Cook].
  • An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart / By John Hawkesworth ... Illustrated with cuts and charts, relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
  • Afia-Too-Ca, a burying place in Tongatapu, Tonga, with three people, several huts and surrounding palm trees. Coloured line engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Plans and views to ... Cook's voyages / [James Cook].
  • Plans and views to ... Cook's voyages / [James Cook].
  • An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq / By John Hawkesworth ... ; illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered or hitherto but imperfectly known.
  • Plans and views to ... Cook's voyages / [James Cook].

Images featuring James Cook

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  • James Cook. Line engraving by T. Holloway, 1790, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • James Cook. Engraving by J. Rogers after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • Women dancing in front of Captain Cook and members of his crew, on the island of Lifuka (Tonga). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1774, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. K. Sherwin, 1784, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • The Thames as a gateway to foreign trade routes. Etching by J. Barry, 1791.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. K. Sherwin, 1779, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by Royal authority. Containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages ... / now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, assisted by a principal officer who sailed in the Resolution sloop, and by many other gentlemen of the most distinguished naval abilities.
  • James Cook. Stipple engraving by H. Adlard after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by A. Birrell after H. Dodd, 1785.
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Frequent collaborators

William Hodges
James King
William Byrne
Voyages around the world
History, 18th Century
Oceania
Explorers
Northwest Passage
Oceania - Discovery and exploration
Voyages and travels
Plants
Botany - History
Great Britain