KAMCHATKA RUSSIA NATIVE MAN 1784 COOK/SHARP UNUSUAL ENGLISH EDITION ANTIQUE VIEW

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

KAMCHATKA RUSSIA NATIVE MAN 1784 COOK/SHARP UNUSUAL ENGLISH EDITION ANTIQUE VIEW:
$38.90

KAMCHATKA RUSSIA NATIVE MAN 1784 COOK/SHARP UNUSUAL ENGLISH EDITION ANTIQUE VIEW KAMCHATKA RUSSIA NATIVE MAN 1784 COOK/SHARP UNUSUAL ENGLISH EDITION ANTIQUE VIEW

Click images to enlarge

Description

A Man of Kamtschatka.

The plate has been engraved by William Sharp after a drawning by John Webber.

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the Eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years\' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This helped bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment in both Cook\'s career and the direction of British overseas exploration, and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.

In three voyages Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously achieved. As he progressed on his voyages of discovery he surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.

Cook was attacked and killed in 1779 during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific while attempting to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, a Hawaiian chief, in order to reclaim a cutter stolen from one of his ships. He left a legacy of scientific and geographical knowledge which was to influence his successors well into the 20th century, and numerous memorials worldwide have been dedicated to him.

Third voyage of James Cook

Its ostensible purpose was to return Omai, a young man from Raiatea to his homeland, but the Admiralty used this as a cover for their plan to send Cook on a voyage to discover the Northwest Passage. HMS Resolution, to be commanded by Cook, and HMS Discovery, commanded by Charles Clerke, were prepared for the voyage which started from Plymouth in 1776.

Omai was returned to his homeland and the ships sailed onwards, discovering the Hawaiian Archipelago, before reaching the Pacific coast of North America. The two charted the west coast of the continent and passed through the Bering Strait when they were stopped by ice from sailing either east or west. The vessels returned to the Pacific and called briefly at the Aleutians before retiring towards Hawaii for the winter.

At Kealakekua Bay, a number of quarrels broke out between the Europeans and Hawaiians culminating in Cook\'s death in a violent exchange on 14 February 1779. The command of the expedition was assumed by Charles Clerke who tried in vain to find the passage before his own death. Under the command of John Gore the crews returned to a subdued welcome in London in October 1780.

Source: Cook, J., and King, J., Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty\'s ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780, (London) 1784.

Date: 1784 ( undated )

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on very strong paper. Sheet uncolored. Wide margins. Corners partially missed. Paper with foxing and browning. Small waterstains. Small tears. Conditions are as you can see in the images.

Painter: John Webber RA (London 6 October 1751 – 29 May 1793 London) was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.

Webber was born in London, educated in Bern and studied painting at Paris. His father was Abraham Wäber, a Swiss sculptor who had moved to London, and changed his name to Webber before marrying a Mrs Mary Quant in 1744. Webber served as official artist on James Cook\'s third voyage of discovery around the Pacific (1776–80) aboard HMS Resolution. At Adventure Bay in January 1777 he did drawings of \"A Man of Van Diemen\'s Land\" and \"A Woman of Van Diemen\'s Land\". He also did many drawings of scenes in New Zealand and the South Sea islands. On this voyage, during which Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He made numerous watercolor landscapes of the islands of Kauai and Hawaii, and also portrayed many of the Hawaiian people. In April 1778, Captain Cook\'s ships Resolution and Discovery anchored at Ship Cove, now known as Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada to refit. The crew took observations and recorded encounters with the local people. Webber made watercolour landscapes including \"Resolution and Discovery in Ship Cove, 1778\". His drawings and paintings were engraved for British Admiralty\'s account of the expedition, which was published in 1784. Back in England in 1780 Webber exhibited around 50 works at Royal Academy exhibitions between 1784 and 1792, and was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1785 and R.A. in 1791. Most of his work were landscapes. Sometimes figures were included as in \"A Party from H.M.S. Resolution shooting sea horses\", which was shown at the academy in 1784, and his \"The Death of Captain Cook\" became well known through an engraving of it. Another version of this picture is in the William Dixson gallery at Sydney.

Engraver: William Sharp (29 January 1749 – 25 July 1824), was an English engraver and artist. Sharp was the son of a reputable gunsmith who lived at Haydon\'s Yard, Minories in central London. He was apprenticed to the bright-cut engraver and genealogist, Barak Longmate (1738–93), and after marriage, to a Frenchwoman, set himself up as a writing engraver in Bartholomew Lane (off Threadneedle Street). His first notable work was an engraving of \"Hector\", an old lion at the Tower of London. Around 1782, he sold the shop and moved to Vauxhall, intending to specialise in the higher branches (i.e. engraving for printing) of the engraver\'s art. Among his earlier plates are some illustrations, after Stothard, for the Novelists\' Magazine. He also completed the plate of Benjamin West\'s \"Landing of Charles II\" which William Woollett had left unfinished at the time of his death, engraved some of the illustrations by artists who travelled with Captain Cook on his famous voyages, and J. H. Benwell\'s \"Children in the Wood\". He finally settled at Chiswick where he remained for the rest of his life. He engraved the \"Doctors Disputing on the Immaculateness of the Virgin\" and \"Ecce Homo\" (after Guido Reni); \"King Lear in the Storm\" and \"The Witch of Endor (after Benjaimin West); \"The sortie from Gibralter\" (after John Trumbull); the portrait of John Hunter and \"The Holy Family (after Joshua Reynolds); \"St Cecilia\" (after Domenichino) and \"Virgin and Child\" (after Dolci). Sharp\'s style of engraving was original, the half-tints rich and full. He became an honorary member of the Imperial Academy in Vienna and the Royal Academy in Munich. Sharp\'s portrait was painted by George Francis Joseph (1764–1846) and engraved by Sharp himself, and a 3/4-length portrait was painted by James Lonsdale (illustrated). James Thomson (1788–1850) engraved another portrait. Sharp died at Chiswick on 25 July 1824, and was buried in the parish churchyard there.

Sharpe was a republican and a friend of Thomas Paine and Horne Tooke, and became a member of the Society for Constitutional Information. As a result of a legal dispute involving Horne Tooke, Sharp was questioned by the Privy Council on charges relating to treason, but was eventually dismissed without punishment as merely an \"enthusiast\".

He became a convert to the teachings of Mesmer and Swedenborg and came under the religious influence of would-be visionary Jacob Bryan (who worked for Sharp as a printer for a time), and millennialist prophet Richard Brothers, engraving the latter as \"Prince of the Hebrews\". After Brothers\' incarceration in an insane asylum in Islington, Sharp became an adherent of prophetess Joanna Southcott, whom he brought from Exeter to London and kept at his own expense for a considerable time; he made a portrait drawing of her which he engraved. Despite her apparently premature death he never lost faith in her divine mission or the possibility that she would reappear, and wrote a book in her defense: \"An answer to the world etc.\" (London, 1806).

All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help.A Certification of Authenticity ( COA ) can be issued on requestI will send you all your item by Registered and Insured Airmal or by TNT/DHL with covering Insurance If you buy more than one item you have to pay just one only shipping costAny map purchased from us may be returend for any reason for a full refund. About: Old Times
Rare Antiquarian Books & Maps Sellers Our Firm was founded in 1983 and we are specialized on antiquarian works on paper concerning Antique Rare Maps, Atlases and Travel Books of all the World.Our Firm adheres to the Codes of Ethics outlined by the Italian Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( ALAI ) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ( ILAB ).All items sold by OLD TIMES are genuine and a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) will be happily supplied on request. Many Thanks Cesare Giannelli OLD TIMESRARE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & MAPS SELLERS Via Cortonese, 7006124 - PerugiaItaly Phone/Fax: 0039 - 075 - 505 20 18 [link removed by ]

View My response

View My Other Items For Sale

View My About Me page

Visit My store

Add me to your Favorite Sellers

Pictures sell!
Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing.250+ Listing Templates!
Auctiva gets you noticed!

Attention Sellers - Get Templates
Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.

Track Page Views With
Auctiva\'s FREE Counter