'Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat' chop half turned to the left

half turned to the left as viewed

View of nos 103 and 104 Fleet Street

Plate 12 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

Microscope designed by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek incorporating a concave metal speculum or brass dish to assist in light gathering

Coulson writes

'Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat' chop half turned to the leftThe earliest encounter between Lieutenant James Cook's men and the people of New Holland [Australia], in April 1770. This was Cook's first landing on the continent of Australia. The two 'Gweagal aborigines threatened us, and discovered hostile intentions, often crying to us, Warra warra wai'. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published