Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook. Le 15. Fevrier, 1779

by J./ Fessard Webber, Claude-Mathieu

$2,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

A fine, separately published, French engraving of Webber's iconic scene of the tragic death of Captain James Cook in Hawaii. The edition was dedicated to Louis-Antoine Bougainville, the French explorer and circumnavigator, who is herein identified as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. The official account of Cook's..... More

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