A representation of the interview between Commodore Byron and the Patagonians (without title)

Vice Admiral John Byron accompanied George Anson on his circumnavigation of the globe (via the Falkland Islands and through the Pacific) in the 1760s. Byron was published (along with Captain James Cook and Joseph Banks) by John Hawkesworth. Byron's mention of signs of a southern continent encouraged the immediate preparation of another expedition to the Pacific. In this work, Byron is meeting the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia.

Mounted in album with PAI3938-PAI3946, PAI3948-PAI4076.; Page 8.

Object Details

ID: PAI3947
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1760s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 255 x 437 mm; Plate: 240 x 424 mm
Parts: Atlas to Cook's Voyages Vol I 1773-1777. (Illustrations are from Hawkesworth's 'Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere', all volumes, and Cook [ed. Douglas] 'A Voyage towards the South Pole... ' [1773-75], page 70 onwards) (Album)