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Captain Carteret taking possession of English Cove
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Description Unidentified, Unspecified, Unattributed, Not provided, Not mentioned, UnknownUnknown or Anonymous 19th-century engraver.
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Captain Carteret taking possession of English Cove
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: Captain Carteret taking possession of English Cove. Plate 2 in Voyages of Discoveries Round the World by Robert Wilson.

An edition was printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1806.

Shows Carteret and Swallow at English Cove, on an island off New Britain (so named by William Dampier), where they dropped anchor on 27 August 1767 for fresh food and water. The island appeared to be uninhabited. In the background is 'Swallow', heeled over for repairs and careening. They left on 7 September after taking possession of the country and all the neighbouring islands for the king of Britain, George III.
Date 1806
date QS:P571,+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions 104 mm x 175 mm

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Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Source/Photographer https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-110103

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