Sighting of a kangaroo by James Cook Size:XL: 120 x 100cm by Parker Costumier Ltd

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Plate 21 for the paper 'Sur un moyen de donner la Direction aux machines aerostatiques'

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Landscape view of York city wall

Sighting of a kangaroo by James Cook Size:XL: 120 x 100cm by Parker Costumier LtdThe first sighting of a kangaroo (or wallaby) by Lieutenant James Cook and the sailors of the Endeavour expedition, June 1770: 'it was of a light mouse colour, and in size and shape very much resembling a greyhound'. Illustration from An account of the voyages for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth (London, 1773). Original: engraving. 1773