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Two Aborigines and canoes

Image description: Sketches made in Captain Cook's First Voyage, 1768 Illustrator: Parkinson, Sydney 1770 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: Add. 9345, f.14v [Whole drawing] Two Aborigines; one with markings on the chest and across the shoulders, resembling a crucifix. The other Aborigine is launching a spear from a spear-thrower with his right hand, and holding a shield with his left. Other sketches include two shields; a bark hut; four bark canoes, one containing an Aborigine paddling. Sketches probably made at Botany Bay, April 1770 Image taken from Sketches made in Captain Cook's First Voyage, 1768-1771. Originally published/produced in 1770.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: canoe / aborigine / spear / sketch / shield / transportation

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