Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9151
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'Fuegian (Yapoo Tekeenica) at Portrait Cove'
Date
1839
Creator
Thomas Landseer (1793 - 1880, British) , Artist
After
Conrad Martens (1801 - 1878, Australian) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
35897
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Description
An illustration of a 'Fuegian (Yapoo Tekeenica) at Portrait Cove' drawn during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, 1831-1836, captained by Robert FitzRoy, with Charles Darwin as naturalist. Frontispiece to Narrative of the surveying voyage of His Majesty's ships "Adventure" and "Beagle", by Robert Fitzroy, Volume 2, (London, 1839).
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