1778 Capt Cook Antique Print Portrait of a Man of Terra del Fuego, Chile in 1774 Topographicaal but Dürer was evidently fascinated

but Dürer was evidently fascinated by what he had to say

After dropping Omai at Tahiti

original copper-plate engraved antique print of artifacts found in an Inca Tomb in Peru by Jakob van Schley in 1755 - after De Bry - was published in Antoine François Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790

This fine original copper-plate engraved antique frontispiece from the Italian version of Guillaume Delisle atlas Atlante Novissimo

The latter added the ornate cornice and whimsical decorative urns on the roof

1778 Capt Cook Antique Print Portrait of a Man of Terra del Fuego, Chile in 1774 Topographicaal but Dürer was evidently fascinatedTitle : Homme du Canal de Noel Dans La Terre De Feu Ref : 16354 Size: 10in x 8in (255mm x 205mm) Date : 1778 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique print, portrait of a Man of Christmas Sound on the S. W. Coast of Terra del Fuego Chile, visited by Captain James Cook during his 2nd Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in December 1774, was engraved by Robert Benard after William Hodges and was