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Webber, John 1751-1793 :The death of Captain Cook. Drawn by J. Webber; the figures engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R. A.; the landscape by W. Byrne. London published 1 July 1785 by W. Byrne ... & J Webber
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Webber, John 1751-1793 :The death of Captain Cook. Drawn by J. Webber; the figures engraved by F. Bartolozzi, R. A.; the landscape by W. Byrne. London published 1 July 1785 by W. Byrne ... & J Webber

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Captain Cook, standing centre right, being stabbed in the back by a Hawaiian man, with other sailors and Hawaiians on the land and yet more in a small boat at the water's edge. There are coconut palms beyond the group of Hawaiians and sailors, and cliffs in the background. An outrigger canoe is in the right foreground. The Library holds another copy of this engraving in a collection of uncat...
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