Captain Cook Collection (page 7)

Pterodroma inexpectata, mottled petrel
Ff. 97. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria haesitata made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pseudolabrus miles, scarlet wrasse
Ff. 38 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Senecio rufiglandulosus
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Crenimugil crenilabis, fringelip mullet
Ff. 238. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Aethia cristatella, crested auklet
Ff. 38, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Ardea cinerea, grey heron
Ff. 113. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Thalassoma hardwicke, six-bar wrasse
Ff. 49 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Philesturnus carunculatus, saddleback
Ff. 144. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Sturnus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Rhinecanthus rectangulus, wedge-tailed triggerfish
Ff. 58a. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Centropyge bispinosus, coral beauty angel
Ff. 117 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Hebe parviflora, koromiko
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Veronica floribunda

Ptilinopus purpuratus, grey-green fruit dove
Ff. 140. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba porphyracra and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Vini australis, blue-crowned lorikeet
Ff. 13, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Gazza minuta, toothpony
Ff. 191. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Arripis trutta, Australian salmon
Ff. 68 Vol 2. Unfinished watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Stewartia malacodendron L. silky camellia
Sketch 29 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Trygonorhina fasciata, southern fiddler ray
Ff. 47. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Fossor capensis
Ff.10. Painting by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercup
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ranunculus flaccidus

Aerodramus leucophaeus, Polynesian swiftlet
Ff. 168. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Hirundo peruviana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Volatinia jacarina, blue-black grassquit
Plate 37 (1:37b) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771)

Uraspis helvolus, cottonmouth jack
Ff. 227. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Passiflora aurantia, passionflower
No. 349 from the Botanical Drawings by George Forster made during Cooks second voyage 1772-1775. Illustration annotated with the number 248

Oligoplites saurus, leatherjacket
Ff. 97 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Acanthurus nigricans, gold rim tang
Ff. 196. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ipomoea sp. morning glory
An illustration of morning glory by John Frederick Miller, 1776, from the Cook Collection held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Chlorostilbon aureoventris, glittering-bellied emerald hummi
Collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, in Rio de Janeiro in November 1768 during Captain James Cooks first voyage

Observations of The Transit of Venus
Captain James Cooks observations of the transit of venus published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1771 (Volume LXI Tab. XIV, p.140)

Fort Venus
An engraved plate of Fort Venus, erected by the Endeavours people to secure themselves during the observation of the transit of Venus at Otaheite (Tahiti)

Casuarina equisetifolia, ironwood
Painting 254 by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage, 1772-1775

Convolvulus arvensis, field bindweed
Ff. 45 Painting by George Forster, made during Captain James Cooks second voyage 1772-1775

Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit
Unfinished watercolour sketch by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771

Ipomea indica, blue morning glory
Unfinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771

Ninox novaseelandiae, morepork
Ff. 39. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Strix fulva and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Eudyptula minor, little penguin
Ff. 84. Wtarecolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Aptenodytes minor and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced whistling duck
Ff. 76. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas viduata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Tadorna cana, South African shelduck
Ff. 70. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas montana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sagittarius serpentarius, secretary bird
Ff. 32. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Falco sagittarius, serpantarius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Anas superciliosa, Pacific black duck

Falco novaeseelandiae, New Zealand falcon
Ff. 38. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Falco harpe and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Prosthemadera noveseelandiae, tui
Ff. 61. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Certhia cincinnata and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Chrysococcyx lucidus, shining bronze cuckoo
Ff. 57. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Cuculus nitens lucidus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Dillenia alata, red beech tree
Copper plate from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Epacris longiflora, fuschia heath
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

An unattributed fine portrait silhouette by Leon
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aythya novaeseelandiae, New Zealand scaup
Ff. 79. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Anas atricilla and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Vini peruviana, blue lorikeet
Ff. 49. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Psittacus sapphirinus, Psittacus taitianus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Captain James Cook (1728-1779)
Portrait of Captain James Cook, an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. From a painting by Sir Nathaniel Dance

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