Title: National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art Catalogue

Editor: A. H. McLintock

Publication details: Department of Internal Affairs, 1940, Wellington

Part of: The New Zealand Centennial Publications

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Sydney Parkinson

Sydney Parkinson, who was draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks on Cook's first voyage with Dr Solander round the world, was the author of a work published in 1773, A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the 'Endeavour,' with numerous Views and Designs executed by himself. Twelve of the twenty-seven plates in this book relate to New Zealand. Parkinson himself died at Batavia of dysentry in 1771, on the homeward voyage, and the book was published by his brother Stanfleld.

236            NEW ZEALAND WARRIOR

237            HEAD OF A CHIEF

238            A WAR CANOE OF NEW ZEALAND

(Illustrations from 'A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas,' 1773)
Lent by the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington