
Captain Cook Voyages- 'An Island View, in Atool'
1784 FIRST EDITION Webber Copperplate Etching 'AN ISLAND VIEW, in ATOOL,' Plate 35 from the "1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King: Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook." Artist: John Webber, Engraver: S. Middiman. Archival matting, ready for framing. Condition is excellent for a original work of art that is 229 years old (see photos). Also the image has not been trimmed and is a full page from the third voyage atlas as published! --- John Webber (1751-1793) was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the Pacific. On this voyage, where Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He did numerous watercolor landscape sketches of Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii and also showed many of the Hawaiian people and their activities.











