Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9212
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‘A War Canoe, of New Zealand’
Date
1773
Creator
Richard Bernard Godfrey (1728 - 1799, British) , Engraver
After
Sydney Parkinson (1740 - 1771, British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
58306
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 250mm
width (print): 250mm
Subject
Geography
> Exploration
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
> Exploration
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Description
View of a Māori, Maʊri, war canoe, waka taua, ornately carved at both front and back, with its crew of rowers.
Described in the associated text as having: "from eighteen to twenty-two men in them, and were adorned with fine heads ... in spirals of very curious workmanship".
Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously.
Sydney Parkinson (c.1745-1771) Scottish natural history artist and Joseph Banks's (1743–1820) illustrator on board HMS Endeavour's voyage to the Pacific in 1768, under Lieutenant James Cook (1728-1779).
Endeavour's mission was to observe the Transit of Venus, which they did from Tahiti on 3rd June 1769, and explore, claim resources and trade in the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita, including New Zealand.
Described in the associated text as having: "from eighteen to twenty-two men in them, and were adorned with fine heads ... in spirals of very curious workmanship".
Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously.
Sydney Parkinson (c.1745-1771) Scottish natural history artist and Joseph Banks's (1743–1820) illustrator on board HMS Endeavour's voyage to the Pacific in 1768, under Lieutenant James Cook (1728-1779).
Endeavour's mission was to observe the Transit of Venus, which they did from Tahiti on 3rd June 1769, and explore, claim resources and trade in the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita, including New Zealand.
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