Kealakekua Bay

Date: 1840 - 1866

By: Fisquet, Theodore Auguste, 1813-1890

Reference: B-085-008

Description: The monument at Kealakekua Bay where Cook was killed Other Titles - Monument raised in Hawaii to Captain Cook, Sandwich Islands [translation] Extended Title - From Vaillant, A.N. Voyage autour du Monde execute pendant les annees 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Album Historique. Paris: Arthus Bertrand [1840-1866 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand coloured, 200 x 317 mm Provenance: Purchased from Francis Edwards, June 1967

Date: 1785 - 1779

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-014

Description: Shows Captain Cook being killed by Hawaiians in 1779. Other Titles - Death of Cook [translation] Extended Title - Derived from an engraving by W Byrne with figures engraved by F. Bartolozzi (by James Webber) 1785. See [Plates to Cook's Voyages] p 38. Published in: Troisieme voyage de Cook... v. 1 Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1785. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 8.8 x 13.7 inches (trimmed)

Date: 1780 - 1783

By: Hamilton, active 1780s; Thornton, (Mr), active 1780s-1790s

Reference: A-343-037

Description: A vertical image showing Cook standing on the shore facing left, with his right arm stretched forward. He carries a rifle in his left hand. There is a press of men around him, and one native inhabitant is about to stab him in the back with a knife.There are palm trees above, and part of Cook's sailing ship and the rowboat carrying musket-firing sailors can be seen at the far left. The whole is enclosed in a frame and drapery, as in a memorial. Other Titles - Captain Cook, at Hawaii, near Kamchatka George Henry Millar's New complete and universal system of geography was published in 1783. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 310 x 202 mm (plate size), on sheet 372 x 220 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane auction, 27 November 2002, lot 306.

Date: 1788

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: C-036-018-a

Description: Shows the Resolution and Discovery in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, and the death of Cook at the hands of the Hawaiians Other Titles - Hawaii Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, hand-coloured, 430 x 590 mm on sheet 480 x 605 mm Provenance: Purchase: K A Webster Collection, London 1970

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-086-052/057

Description: Contents: Interieur d'un hippah de la Nouvelle-Zelande - Carte de la Nouvelle-Zelande visitee en 1769 et 1770.-Homme de la Nouvelle-Zelande (also on cover).- Mort de Cook.- Trombes de mer aupres de la Nouvelle-Zelande. - Famille dans la Baie Dusky. No 9 of an edition of 1,000 copies. Reproductions of engravings published in the official accounts of Cook's voyages Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 237 x 387 mm on sheets 312 x 458 mm in illustrated folder

Date: 1788

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Scott, E, active 1783

Reference: A-343-038

Description: Shows a view of a bay surrounded by high cliffs, with a native settlement on the beach. Several canoes (two with triangular sails) are rowing to and from the shore in the foreground, and a large sailing ship is surround by small craft at the far left. Other Titles - Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Other Titles - Captain Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, plate size 225 x 350 mm, on sheet 245 x 385 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 27 November 2002, lot 309.

Date: 1788 - 1969 - 1779

From: Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780 :The Cleveley aquatints. [Three of a set of four. Drawn on the spot by Jas. Cleveley; painted by Jno. Cleveley, London, F. Jukes aquatt.] Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints [1969]

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd

Reference: C-061-022-b

Description: Shows the Resolution and Discovery in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, and the death of Cook at the hands of the Hawaiians. Other Titles - Owhyhee, Hawaii Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 425 x 588 mm, on sheet 555 x 698 mm.

Date: 1785 - 1779

By: Hogg and Company; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-007

Description: Cook standing on shore to the left, a crowd of Hawaiians behind him, one man about to stab him. He holds his hand up to request his sailors in their rowboat to hold their fire. Above him is a coconut palm and the cliffs of Kealakekua Bay can be seen in the background In: Anderson, G W ., ed A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages... London ; A Hogg [1784] Compare with engraving by W. Byrne with figures engraved by F. Bartolozzi (after J. Webber) 1785, In: [Plates to Cook's Voyages] p 38 Other Titles - Kealakekua Hawaii Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 203 x 330 mm

Date: 1974 - 1779

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780

Reference: A-246-012

Description: Scene at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, showing Cook's death at the water's edge Reproduction. The Library holds copies of the aquatint itself at C-036-018 with the title View of Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas. Other Titles - View of Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 296 x 337 mm

Date: 1784 - 1779

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Byrne, William, 1743-1805

Reference: C-131-068-b

Description: A view taken from the shore. Resolution and Discovery at anchor to the left with native craft around them. Native habitations can be seen along the shore (part of the town of Kealakekua). In the central foreground canoes are putting off towards the ships, and a man is riding on a surf board. Source of descriptive information - Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages Vol 3 Catalogues [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 524 Other Titles - A view of Kealakekua Bay Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 68 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 510 mm

Date: 1780 - 1789

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Grainger, W, active 1780-1789

Reference: A-111-128

Description: Shows Cook at the moment of death in Hawaii Derived with considerable alteration from engraving by Bartolozzi and Byrne after Webber in: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Pl [numbered] On sh 210 x 261 mm Other Titles - Hawaii Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w ; 166 x 215 mm

Date: 1785 - 1779

By: Hogg and Company; Webber, John, 1751-1793; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-111-007-a

Description: Cook standing on shore to the left, a crowd of Hawaiians behind him, one man about to stab him. He holds his hand up to request his sailors in their rowboat to hold their fire. Above him is a coconut palm and the cliffs of Kealakekua Bay can be seen in the background In: Anderson, G W ., ed A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages... London ; A Hogg [1784] Compare with engraving by W. Byrne with figures engraved by F. Bartolozzi (after J. Webber) 1785, In: [Plates to Cook's Voyages] p 38 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 203 x 330 mm

Date: 1963

By: Beaglehole, John Cawte (Professor), 1901-1971

Reference: Objects-0039

Description: Medal maker(s) not identified. Silver medal commemorating Captain James Cook's death in 1779 at Kealakekua Bay, Hawai'i.  In a small plastic box, formerly lined with green foam. The foam had deteriorated and has been removed Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Sterling (around edge); also initials F O beneath image of monument Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Silver, 39 mm (diameter). Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022. Previous reference: Curios-003-001 Previous title: Cook, James, 1728-1779 :Captain James Cook discovers Hawaii in 1778. Kona, Hawaii, 1963.

Date: 1780 - 1784

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Taylor, John, 1739-1838

Reference: A-343-039

Description: Shows a view of a bay surrounded by high cliffs, with a native settlement on the beach. Several canoes (two with triangular sails) are rowing to and from the shore in the foreground, and a large sailing ship is surround by small craft at the far left. This is a page from G W Anderson, "A new authentic and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority ..." [1784], opposite page 577 in ATL copy. Other Titles - Alexander Other Titles - Kealakekua Bay Hawaii Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, cut to plate marks, 235 x 365 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 27 November 2002, lot 310.

Date: 1784 - 1779

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Byrne, William, 1743-1805

Reference: C-131-068-a

Description: A view taken from the shore. Resolution and Discovery at anchor to the left with native craft around them. Native habitations can be seen along the shore (part of the town of Kealakekua). In the central foreground canoes are putting off towards the ships, and a man is riding on a surf board. Source of descriptive information - Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages Vol 3 Catalogues [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 524 Other Titles - A view of Kealakekua Bay Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 68 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 510 mm

Date: 1788 - 1969 - 1779

From: Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780 :The Cleveley aquatints. [Drawn on the spot by Jas. Cleveley; painted by Jno. Cleveley, London, F. Jukes aquatt.] Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints [1969]

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd

Reference: C-061-022

Description: Shows the Resolution and Discovery in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, and the death of Cook at the hands of the Hawaiians. Other Titles - Owhyhee, Hawaii Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 425 x 588 mm, on sheet 555 x 698 mm.

Date: 1787

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-036-018

Description: Shows the Resolution and Discovery in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, and the death of Cook at the hands of the Hawaiians Proof before lettering with 'Owyhee, Death of Cook, Dood van Cook' written in pencil in margin Originally bound in: Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Cook's voyages, Plates II, p. 129 (f910.4 Acc. no. 281) Margins trimmed Other Titles - Hawaii Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, hand-coloured, 490 x 660 mm on sheet 525 x 670 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1784 - 1779

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Byrne, William, 1743-1805

Reference: C-131-068-c

Description: A view taken from the shore. Resolution and Discovery at anchor to the left with native craft around them. Native habitations can be seen along the shore (part of the town of Kealakekua). In the central foreground canoes are putting off towards the ships, and a man is riding on a surf board. Source of descriptive information - Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages Vol 3 Catalogues [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 524 Other Titles - A view of Kealakekua Bay Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 68 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 510 mm

Date: 1869 - 1956 - 1779 - 1958

From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].

Reference: B-140-018

Description: Six-panelled account giving further information about Nicholas Young, his life and premature death in Hawaii and his association with Captain Cook. These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Information supplied by a great-niece of Nicholas Young to the cartoonist and supplementing his lack of knowledge displayed in a previous cartoon (B-140-017) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.

Date: 1784

By: Carter, George, 1737-1796; Smith, Samuel, 1745-; Hall, John, 1739-1797; Thornthwaite, J, active 1771-1795

Reference: C-036-002

Description: Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, using his gun as a club to repel a group of attacking Hawaiians, armed with spears and a slingshot. To the left are two group of sailors in rowboats, with some firing their muskets into the crowd. Cook is wearing a white jacket. There are originals in oils for this work at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, and at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Other Titles - Hawaii Inscriptions: Verso - Two inscriptions in pencil, one possibly a framer's, appearing to read Block & gold; the second illegible Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 428 x 588 mm (image), 482 x 622 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 510 x 669 mm Provenance: Unknown. Possibly purchased by Alexander Turnbull