1784 Cook & Webber Large Antique Portrait Woman of Prince William Sound, Alaska Peru Plate size: - 18 1/2in

Plate size: - 18 1/2in x 14in (475mm x 350mm)

as opposed to an accurate representation of geographic features: the land masses shown are distorted

Cook would put to rest the myth of a southern continent

Spains 16th century maritime supremacy was demonstrated by the victory over the Ottomans at Lepanto in 1571

1784 Cook & Webber Large Antique Portrait Woman of Prince William Sound, Alaska Peru Plate size: - 18 1/2inTitle : A Woman of Prince William Sound Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82071 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique portrait of a woman of Prince William Sound Alaska, visited by Captain Cooks ships HMS Resolution and Discovery in Snug Corner Cove, Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1778 was drawn by the official artist on Cooks crew, John Webber, and