Engraving Representing the Death of Captain
James Cook.
Published by Alexander Hogg, c.1790, Amsterdam,
after a drawing by James Cleveley.
Copper line
engraving on hand made rag fiber paper.
The picture's caption reads:
"An Exact Representation of the Death of Capt. James Cook at Karalakeooa Bay on
OWHAYHEE on Feb. 14, 1779." The spelling is a phonetic representation of the
the era's unwritten Hawaiian language.
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