COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
65-123
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65-123
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false
Record number:
65-123-2
record_number
65-123-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
ED781 S948
jcb_call_no
ED781 S948
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Mort tragique du Capitaine Cook.
image_title
Mort tragique du Capitaine Cook.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Berne]
place_image_published
[Berne]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Societé des astronomes les plus fameux]
image_publisher
[Societé des astronomes les plus fameux]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1780]
image_date
[1780]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; recto leaf [H1]
image_function
plate; recto leaf [H1]
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
15.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.2 cm.
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13.2 cm.
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false
Page dimension height:
20.3 cm.
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20.3 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
16 cm.
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16 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Death of Captain James Cook. Hawaiians attack Englishmen with knives and clubs while the Englishmen try to escape on a boat. Includes guns or muskets and ship in the distance. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at bottom.
description
Death of Captain James Cook. Hawaiians attack Englishmen with knives and clubs while the Englishmen try to escape on a boat. Includes guns or muskets and ship in the distance. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at bottom.
Description
false
Source creator:
Souci, Antoine
source_creator
Souci, Antoine
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Almanach historique nommé Le messager boiteux ... pour l'an de grace, M DCC LXXXI.
source_title
Almanach historique nommé Le messager boiteux ... pour l'an de grace, M DCC LXXXI.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Berne
source_place_of_publication
A Berne
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false
Source publisher:
Par la Societé des astronomes les plus fameux
source_publisher
Par la Societé des astronomes les plus fameux
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1780]
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[1780]
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false
notes:
Conflicting accounts of Cook's death exist. He was killed on February 14, 1779, at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, while he tried to regain the cutter to his ship, Discovery, after exploiting the natives' beliefs that he was an incarnation of a fertility deity named Lono. An example of cultural misunderstanding and bad luck, Cook's death was precipitated when his order for his ship to retrieve him and his men was misinterpreted as a command to retreat. The text asserts that Cook's turning to call his ship led to his death because the natives did not attempt to attack him while Cook faced them.
notes
Conflicting accounts of Cook's death exist. He was killed on February 14, 1779, at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, while he tried to regain the cutter to his ship, Discovery, after exploiting the natives' beliefs that he was an incarnation of a fertility deity named Lono. An example of cultural misunderstanding and bad luck, Cook's death was precipitated when his order for his ship to retrieve him and his men was misinterpreted as a command to retreat. The text asserts that Cook's turning to call his ship led to his death because the natives did not attempt to attack him while Cook faced them.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.nmm.ac.u… (June 2006)
references_
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?letter=d&ID=BHC0424 (June 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1964.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1964.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
subject_heads
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subject headings
false