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Title
[Three views of two islands near Galapagos Islands, Ecuador]
Creator
Sykes, John, 1773-1858, British, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1795
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
Notes/Inscriptions:Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): View of the norther'most of 2 islands, seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d 1795, bearg. no. 16 W, 7 miles dist.; (LC): View of the souther'l of the 2 islands seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d, 1795, S 58 El, 4 or 5 leag. dist.; (LR): The souther'l of the same islands, S 63 W 4 or 5 leags dist. Signature (LR): J. Sykes. Handwritten (LR): 62.
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): View of the norther'most of 2 islands, seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d 1795, bearg. no. 16 W, 7 miles dist.; (LC): View of the souther'l of the 2 islands seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d, 1795, S 58 El, 4 or 5 leag. dist.; (LR): The souther'l of the same islands, S 63 W 4 or 5 leags dist. Signature (LR): J. Sykes. Handwritten (LR): 62.
(Compass directions): (Left): N 9 W; Cliff-faced island and a little rock island. There are two No. 62's. See 1963.002:1161.
Type
image
Format
Landscapes
Drawings
Watercolors
Travel sketches
Extent
8.4 x 51.4 cm., composite of 3 sheets
Drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
Identifier
BANC PIC 1963.002:1163--ffALB
ark:/13030/tf2h4nb5hv
honeyman_cubanc_37_1_00031132
Subject
Voyages to the Pacific
Expeditions & surveys
South America
Ecuador
Landscapes
Drawings
Watercolors
Travel sketches

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