View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land
harbor with penguins, men, and ships harbor with penguins, men, and ships A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and t...
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W. and A. Strahan
1784
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Online Access: | http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/woodcuts/id/67 |
Summary: | harbor with penguins, men, and ships harbor with penguins, men, and ships A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. copper engraving |
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