People from Unalaska, Alaska, and one of their huts, with canoes and fishing equipment; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Etching by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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People from Unalaska, Alaska, and one of their huts, with canoes and fishing equipment; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Etching by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Observed by Webber on 1 July 1778

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[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 25.7 x 41.6 cm

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Natives of Oonalashka, and their habitations ; J. Webber del. ; J. Hall & S. Middiman sc. Bears number: 57

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 489, no. 3.252A

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Wellcome Collection 566709i

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