Image of The Tschuktschi, and their habitations; drawn by John Webber and

The Tschuktschi, and their habitations; drawn by John Webber and engraved by Daniel Lerpiniere. Two...

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Image title: The Tschuktschi, and their habitations; drawn by John Webber and engraved by Daniel Lerpiniere. Two Chukchi men armed with bows and arrows at left, a third figure and a dog at right. Two summer huts (Yarangas) at right. In the background behind the figures is a hillock (semidugout) serving as another habitation. In 1779, Captain James Cook's Discovery and Resolution anchored in the bay of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, following Cook's death.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. Illustrator: Webber, John 1768-1780 Source/Shelfmark: Add.23921 f.101
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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