A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by John Keyse Sherwin. Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kaneina, Kaneena), who was killed in the fighting ensuing from the death of Captain Cook (14 Feb 1779). A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. 1768-1780. Captain Cook's third voyage. Source: Add.23921 f.77.

JOHN WEBBER (1751-1793)

A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by John Keyse Sherwin. Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kaneina, Kaneena), who was killed in the fighting ensuing from the death of Captain Cook (14 Feb 1779). A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. 1768-1780. Captain Cook's third voyage. Source: Add.23921 f.77.

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