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Antique Print of the shore of the Endeavour river by Cook (1774)

  • Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. A faint stain in the center of the sheet, just left and right of the middle fold. Some dampstains in the top margin, and general small stains in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1774
  • Overall size: 37.8 x 25 cm.
  • Image size: 33.6 x 20 cm.
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.. Antique Print of the shore of the Endeavour river by Cook (1774)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Vue de la Riviere d'Endeavour sur la Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande ou le Vaisseau fut mis a la bande.' - View of an encampent on the shore of the Endeavour river on the coast of Australia where the Endeavour boat was beached. Believed to be the first known landscape engraving of the east coast of Australia.

From the French edition Captain James Cook's account of his voyage on the Endeavour. Published in Paris, 1774.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Duret' after 'Sydney Parkinson'. Sydney Parkinson (Scottish c1745 -1771). Parkinson was the first European artist to set foot on Australian soil and to draw the Australian landscape. He had been hired by Joseph Banks and before his death onboard in 1771, Parkinson compiled over 1300 drawings of flora and fauna specimans, landscapes and the indigenous populations throughout the Pacific.