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Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm)

Reference: A-111-019-a

Description: Shows long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper 196 x 334 mm

Date: 1773 - 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; London magazine; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-111-060

Description: On the left, two Aboriginal men, their bodies painted, striding to the left. One holds a shield, the other a barbed spear. On the right a standing Maori warrior in a dogskin cloak, holding a tewhatewha, a patu tucked into his waistband. He has feathers in his hair and wears two whale-tooth ornaments and a third curved bone object around his neck. A palm tree in the background divides the two subjects Mounted on a backing board above Thornton's engraving A man of the Duke of York's Island ...1793 (A-111-061). Derived from engravings by Chambers after Parkinson on Cook's 1st voyage in: Parkinson, S. A journal of a voyage to the South Seas. London, 1773. Pl. 27 x 15. The titles in the original engravings substantially match those used here. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 113 x 176 mm, on sheet 121 x 228 mm

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm)

Reference: A-111-019

Description: Shows a long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper 196 x 334 mm

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm); Muldoon, Thea Dale (Dame), 1927-2015

Reference: A-293-001

Description: Shows long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper trimmed to plate-marks 196 x 334 mm on sheet 228 x 354 mm Provenance: Probable donation to Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon by a Dutch V.I.P.