The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Smith, Samuel, approximately 1745-1802.
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The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Visited by Cook and Webber on 22 April 1778. Houses belonging to the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) are shown in the background.

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

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 25.7 x 40.2 cm

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A view of the habitations at Nootka Sound; J. Webber del. ; S. Smith sculp. Bears number: 41

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. 442, no. 3.199A

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Wellcome Collection 566660i

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