Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Mort tragique du Capitaine Cook.
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Accession number:
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65-123
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Record number:
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65-123-2
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JCB call number:
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ED781 S948
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Image title:
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Mort tragique du Capitaine Cook.
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Place image published:
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[Berne]
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Image publisher:
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[Societé des astronomes les plus fameux]
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Image date:
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[1780]
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Image function:
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plate; recto leaf [H1]
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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15.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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16 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Souci, Antoine
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Source Title:
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Almanach historique nommé Le messager boiteux ... pour l'an de grace, M DCC LXXXI.
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Source place of publication:
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A Berne
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Source publisher:
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Par la Societé des astronomes les plus fameux
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Source date:
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[1780]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?letter=d&ID=BHC0424 (June 2006)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1964.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Cook, James, 1728-1779
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