A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour is a 1773 book based on the papers of Sydney Parkinson, who accompanied Joseph Banks as botanical illustrator on the first
Sydney Parkinson, engraving by James Newton, frontispiece of the book
The Head of a Chief of New Zealand, the face curiously tattaowd, or mark'd, according to their Manner. 1773 engraving by T. Chambers based on a 1769 drawing by Parkinson, depicting a Māori man with moko.
Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat. Engraving by Thomas Chambers after Parkinson, 1773.
Sydney Parkinson
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Sydney Parkinson was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit N
A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas
…A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour is a 1773 book based on the papers of Sydney Parkinson, who accompanied Joseph Banks as botanical illustrator on the first voyage of James Cook. Parkinson died at sea in 1771 on the return voyage, and the…
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Silky monkey, illustration in Thomas Pennant's 1771 book Synopsis of Quadrupeds based on a painting by Parkinson.
Portrait of Otegoowgoow, son of a chief of the Bay of Islands. He has a comb in his hair, an ornament of green stone in his ear, and another of a fish's tooth round his neck. Drawing by Parkinson 1769 above, 1773 engraving below.
Banksia serrata