Sighting of a kangaroo by James Cook Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 21 for the paper

Plate 21 for the paper 'Sur un moyen de donner la Direction aux machines aerostatiques'

the discharge of one's moral duty

by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac (1786-1836) and Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (1802-1857) (Paris

Coluber Vertebralia

'Plain Dealer'

Sighting of a kangaroo by James Cook Size:XL: 120 x 100cm Plate 21 for the paperThe first sighting of a kangaroo (or wallaby) by Lieutenant James Cook and the sailors of the Endeavour expedition, June 1770: 'it was of a light mouse colour, and in size and shape very much resembling a greyhound'. Illustration from An account of the voyages for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth (London, 1773). Original: engraving. 1773