COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
32283
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32283
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Record number:
32283-1
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32283-1
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JCB call number:
D781 R539j3
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D781 R539j3
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Image title:
The Murder of Capt. Cook at O-Why-ee
image_title
The Murder of Capt. Cook at O-Why-ee
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Creator 1:
Edall
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Edall
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Creator 1 role:
Sculp
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Sculp
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Place image published:
[Dublin]
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[Dublin]
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Image publisher:
[Price, Whitestone, Chamberlaine ...]
image_publisher
[Price, Whitestone, Chamberlaine ...]
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Image date:
[1781]
image_date
[1781]
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Image function:
frontispiece
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frontispiece
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
12.2 cm. (platemark)
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12.2 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
19.1 cm. (platemark)
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19.1 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
22.4 cm.
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22.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
12.2 cm.
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12.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
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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.
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.
Description
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Source creator:
Rickman, John
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Rickman, John
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Source Title:
Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779. ..
source_title
Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779. ..
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Source place of publication:
Dublin
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Dublin
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Source publisher:
Printed for Messrs. Price, Whitestone, Chamberlaine ...
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Printed for Messrs. Price, Whitestone, Chamberlaine ...
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Source date:
M DCC LXXXI. [1781]
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M DCC LXXXI. [1781]
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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. This book was previously erroneously assigned to John Ledyard or William Ellis. Image placed horizontally on page.
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. This book was previously erroneously assigned to John Ledyard or William Ellis. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1958.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1958.
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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
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Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
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Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Death and burial
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Cook, James, 1728-1779--Death and burial
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