A View of the Endeavour River

A view of the Endeavour River, on the coast of New Holland, where HMB ENDEAVOUR was laid on shore, in order to repair the damage which she received on the Barrier Reef in Cooktown.

Engraved by Will Byrne from a drawing after Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Parkinson was a Scottish botanist and a natural history artist who was employed by Captain James Cook (1728-1779) to accompany him on his first voyage.