1774 Capt. Cook, S. Parkinson & G. Stubbs - Antique Print Australian Kangaroo in 1770 Conchology Alfred Waud became an illustrator

Alfred Waud became an illustrator or special artist (a full-time paid staff artist) for the New York Illustrated News

was published in 1745 after Jean-Baptiste Labat

one of Nelson's "Band of Brothers" who commanded HMS Defiance at the Battle of Trafalgar

and while the ship was being careened Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora and the indigenous peoples he found there

Margins: - Light browning to bottom left & right margin corners

1774 Capt. Cook, S. Parkinson & G. Stubbs - Antique Print Australian Kangaroo in 1770 Conchology Alfred Waud became an illustratorTitle : Quadrupede nomme Kanguroo trouve fur la Cote de la N. Hollande [The Kanguroo, an Animal found on the Coast of New Holland] Ref : 35016 Size: 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm) Date : 1774 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print of a Kangaroo, first sketched by Sydney Parkinson onboard HMS Endeavour during Cooks first voyage in 1770, whilst laid up at Endeavour River in northern Queensland, was