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
Third voyage of James Cook
James Cook's third and final voyage took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, and along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.
Resolution and Discovery
William Bligh, 1775 by John Webber
A hand-coloured lithograph depicting a village visited by Captain James Cook near Waimea, Kauai, on his third voyage. Based on a 1778 etching by John Webber which was published by William Hodges, it is one of the few views of Hawaii made during Cook's third voyage (1776–1779).
Kealakekua Bay heiau (temple); illustration by William Ellis.