Sea Horses the crew of HMS Resolution hunting walrus in Alaska

by Cook's Third Voyage, John Webber

$450 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

N.d. Single leaf, matted and framed. § Copperplate engraving of the crew of HMS Resolution hunting walrus, which first appeared in the first folio edition of Cook's Third Voyage. The scene was recorded by John Webber RA 1751-1793 , one of the expedition's artists, and from his painting this engraving was made by Edward Scott. From 11 August to 3 September, 1778 Cook's ships had a harrowing time sailing through the Arctics ice covered seas and

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