New Zealand prints from Parkinson's 'A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour'.
London: 1773. Print. Parkinson was the artist on Capt. James Cook's first voyage. As draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks, he produced a prodigious number of striking drawings, both portraits & natural history and contains the first published use of the word kangaroo (as "kangooroo", p. 149). These images were to become some of the earliest images of the South Pacific seen by European observers. Sydney died in Batavia on the return voyage and his drawings and diary were claimed by his brother Stanfield, who produced the 1st edition.
5 copper engravings; Plate XVII The manner in which the New Zealand Warriors defy their Enemies; Plate XVIII A War Canoe of New Zealand; Plate XXIII The Heads of Six Men, Natives of New Zealand, ornamented according to the Mode of that Country; Plate XIX A New Zealand Warrior, & his Wife, in the Dress &c, of that Country; Plate XIV View of the North Side of the Entrance into Poverty Bay, & Morai Island, in New Zealand/View of another Side of the Entrance into the said Bay.
Prints 10.75 x 8.5", strong impressions, very clean. Very good overall. Item #29439
Price: $550.00