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Canoes and canoeing

Light boat that is paddled

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Images referencing Canoes and canoeing

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  • A canoe with men from the Hawaiian Islands wearing masks, encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Salish people in a canoe on Puget Sound, North America. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1900.
  • The Wellcome Research Institution building, Euston Road, London: looking through the Primitive Medicine Gallery of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph, n.d. [c. 1939].
  • Resolution Bay in the Marquesas Islands: canoes and a sailing boat in the harbour. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.
  • Sarawak: a Malaysian tribe fishing on the Baram River. Photograph.
  • Men at Unalaska, Alaska, in canoes; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Angus, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • The shore of Kealakekua in Hawaii. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber, 17--.
  • Salish people in a canoe on Puget Sound, North America. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1900.
  • The shore of Kealakekua in Hawaii. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber, 17--.
  • Catamarans and a canoe in Tonga, Polynesia, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Watts, 1777, after W. Hodges.

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    A canoe with men from the Hawaiian Islands wearing masks, encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion, 1784, after J. Webber.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793. | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566739i
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    The shore of Kealakekua in Hawaii. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber, 17--.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793. | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566745i
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    Men at Unalaska, Alaska, in canoes; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Angus, 1784, after J. Webber.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793. | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566694i
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    Resolution Bay in the Marquesas Islands: canoes and a sailing boat in the harbour. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.

    Hodges, William, 1744-1797. | Date: Feb.ry 1st 1777 | Reference: 566144i
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    Catamarans and a canoe in Tonga, Polynesia, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Watts, 1777, after W. Hodges.

    Hodges, William, 1744-1797. | Date: Feb.y 1st 1777 | Reference: 566168i

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