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Image: CPuniceusDrawing

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Description: Kākābeak, (Clianthus puniceus), collected at Tolaga Bay, New Zealand, during Sir James Cook's first Pacific voyage on the Endeavour, 1768-1771. Coloured engraving, ink and watercolours on Paper.
Title: CPuniceusDrawing
Credit: The original image is available from the website of the Natural History Museum, London, [1]. This is a slightly cropped version that excludes a ruler that was placed along the base during imaging to indicate the actual size of the image.
Author: Daniel Mackenzie is the attributed artist, but it is likely that the work was heavily based on a partially coloured drawing by Sydney Parkinson, Sir Joseph Banks' botanical artist.
Permission: It is in the public domain worldwide
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

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