John Webber
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John Webber was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.
John Webber
'A Chief of the Sandwich Islands' (oil), 1787, National Library of Australia
'Abbey Mill, Shrewsbury' (oil)
John Webber's woman from Eaoo
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment. Mar
John Webber
…National Gallery of Victoria (A Night Dance by Men, in Hapaee, 1784, A Young Woman of the Sandwich Islands, 1784, and A Man of Van Diemen's Land, 1784.). European and American voyages of scientific exploration Ellis, George R., Honolulu Academy of Arts, Selected Works, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1990, 178…
Bearing compass (18th century)
HMS Dolphin at Tahiti in 1767
La Boudeuse arriving in Matavai Bay on the north coast of Tahiti in 1767
HMS Endeavour off the coast of New Holland (ie. Australia), by Samuel Atkins c. 1794