Aleuts -- Alaska -- Unalaska -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Engravings from Troisième Voyage de Cook
Collection
Identifier: Mss 5026
Abstract
Collection consists of four engravings from taken from "Troisième Voyage de Cook," a 1785 French edition of James Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean." The engravings are by Robert Bénard from drawings by John Webber and depict Native people of Unalaska, as well as canoes and headwear.
Dates:
1785
The inside of a house in Oonalashka
Collection
Identifier: Mss 5048
Abstract
Three engravings in various sizes, made from the same drawing by John Webber, artist for the third voyage of James Cook. The image, titled "The Inside of a Home in Oonalashka," depicts Native adults and children at various activities inside a dwelling with a thatched roof in Unalaska.
Dates:
circa 1785