The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages. Volume One: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution & Adventure 1772-1775

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Original drawings and paintings assocated with the voyages of Captain James Cook. The famous explorer made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first re corded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. There were a number of artists on board. Sydney Parkinson was heavily involved in documenting the botanists' findings, completing 264 drawings before his death near the end of the first voyage. His illustrations were of immense scientific value to British botanists. Cook's second expedition included William Hodges, who produced notable landscape paintings of Tahiti, Easter Island, and other locations. Show more