RMWH8X00–Sir Joseph Banks, aged about thirty, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. this painting was made after Banks's return from the Endeavour voyage with Captain Cook and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1773.
RM2H1P60W–Captain James Cook Portrait, famous 18th Century british explorer. Painting by Nathaniel Dance in 1776. National Maritime Museum of Greenwich, UK
RM2DA0JKF–The portrait painter Stephen Bennett doing a polynesian painting in Meridien Hotel on the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, Tahiti Nui, Society Isla
RM2A1F9HF–Captain James Cook RN (1728-1779) British maritime explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain in the Royal Navy who landed at Botany Bay in Australia on 22 August 1770 and completed the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand in 1772. Oil painting of Cook in British Royal Navy Captain uniform holding a telescope by John Webber (1751-1793) who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition.
RM2CATPTE–Portrait of Captain James Cook by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, oil on canvas, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy.
RM2B016T2–France: Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse (23 August 1741 - 1788), French explorer and naval officer. Portrait, 18th century. Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole.
RM2AEM0HY–James Cook (1728-1779). Navegante, explorador, cartógrafo y capitán de la Marina Real Británica. Retrato realizado por John Webber (1750-1793). Oleo sobre lienzo, 1776. National Portrait Gallery. Londres, Inglaterra.
RM2B019EX–New Zealand: A Maori chief with facial moko tattoo. Engraving by Thomas Chambers after Sydney Parkinson (1745 - 26 January 1771), 1769. A head and shoulders portrait of a Māori man, his hair in a topknot with feathers and a bone comb, full facial moko, a greenstone earring, a tiki and a flax cloak. He has a small beard and a moustache. Sydney Parkinson was the artist on Captain Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Tā moko is the permanent body and face marking by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
RMWHAYAT–Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) 'the Juggernaut of British Science' as President of the Royal Society. Painted in 1810 by Sir Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), portrait painter, and a member of the Royal Academy. The African Adventure - A History of Africa's Explorers by Timothy Severin, page 105.. Sir Joseph Banks was born at Argyle Street, London, on 13 February 1743. Banks was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766, and that year he travelled to Newfoundland to collect plants. During 1768-1771 he journeyed with Cook around the world in the 'Endeavour', making natural history collections, and
RM2DA0JM0–The portrait painter Stephen Bennett doing a polynesian painting in Meridien Hotel on the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, Tahiti Nui, Society Isla
RM2A1F9H5–Captain James Cook RN (1728-1779) British maritime explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain in the Royal Navy who landed at Botany Bay in Australia on 22 August 1770 and completed the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand in 1772. Detail from oil painting of Cook in British Royal Navy Captain uniform holding a telescope by John Webber (1751-1793) who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition.
