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Captain Phillip Parker King

Also known as: Captain Phillip Parker King; primary name: King, Phillip Parker
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Australian; Male
Life dates: 1791-1856
Biography: Naval officer and hydrographer. Commander of HMS Adventure on its surveying voyage (together with HMS Beagle) of the South American coast in 1826-1830. Author of 'Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle' (London: 1838-1839). Author of 'Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical Coasts of Australia' (London:1827). Note that apart from objects donated in 1831 from Oceania and the Americas, King also donated in 1831 a printed donation titled 'an incursion of the natives' and the Synopsis of the British Museum in 1813 refers to spears donated by P P King and brought back on his late voyages.
Bibliography: ODNB M. Hordern. 'King of the Australian Coast'. (Melbourne: 1997). D. Simpson, The Royal Navy in Indigenous Australia, 1795-1855. 2021

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arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1568 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1567 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

axe

Museum number: Am1979,Q.40 |
Ethnic group: x92795 Made by:Neuqueri |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

bag

Museum number: Oc.4060 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 1844 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Jackson

bag

Museum number: Oc.4061 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thc(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Jackson

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1569 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1571 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1570 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

barbed-and-tanged arrow-head

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1566 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

basket

Museum number: Am1979,Q.13 |
Ethnic group: x83053 Made by:Alacaluf |
Production date: 1830 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

basket

Museum number: Am1979,Q.14 |
Ethnic group: Made by:YahganMade by:Alacaluf |
Production date: mid 1800s |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

basket

Museum number: Am1979,Q.12 |
Ethnic group: x85208 Made by:Yahgan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

basket

Museum number: Am1979,Q.11 |
Ethnic group: Made by:AlacalufMade by:Yahgan |
Production date: mid 1800s |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

bolas

Museum number: Am1979,Q.74 |
Ethnic group: x92227 Made by:Tehuelche |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:PatagoniaFound/Acquired:Chile

bolas

Museum number: Am1979,Q.72 |
Ethnic group: x84605 Made by:Pampean |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:PampasFound/Acquired:Chile

bolas

Museum number: Am1979,Q.73 |
Ethnic group: Made by:TehuelcheMade by:Pampean |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:PampasFound/Acquired:Chile

boomerang

Museum number: Oc.110 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:New South Wales |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Clarence River

bucket

Museum number: Am1979,Q.15 |
Ethnic group: Made by:YahganMade by:Alacaluf |
Production date: 1800s |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

coat; mail-armour

Museum number: Am1831,0416.18 |
Ethnic group: x84236 Made by:Mapuche |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chile

container

Museum number: Am1831,0416.6.a |
Ethnic group: x85208 Made by:Yahgan |
Production date: Early 1800s |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del FuegoFound/Acquired:Chile

fish-spear

Museum number: Am1997,Q.1440 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del Fuego

fish-spear

Museum number: Am1831,0416.10 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del FuegoFound/Acquired:Chile

pigment sample

Museum number: Am1831,0416.6.b |
Ethnic group: x85208 Made by:Yahgan |
Production date: early 1800s |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tierra del FuegoFound/Acquired:Chile

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonian 'Toldo' and Tomb. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonian. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838-1839

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonian. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838-1839

print; book-illustration

Title: Woollya. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Eimeo near Otaheite. Near Matavai in Otaheite. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians going to trade in Zapallos with the Patagonians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Otaheite or Tahiti |
Museum number: 1892,0714.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Breast ploughing at Chiloe |
Museum number: 1892,0714.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838-1839

print; book-illustration

Title: Murray Narrow - Beagle Channel. Cove in Beagle Channel. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians going to trade in Zapallos with the Patagonians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.69 |
Producer name: BIOG34710 Print made by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonians |
Museum number: 1892,0714.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838-1839

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians. / (Yapoo Tekeenica) |
Museum number: 1892,0714.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonian 'Toldo' and Tomb. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerPublished by:Henry Colburn |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: New Zealanders. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Button Island, New Woollya. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Fuegians. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Robert Fitzroy |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Patagonian 'Toldo' and Tomb. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Captain Phillip Parker King |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Basalt Glen - River Santa Cruz |
Museum number: 1892,0714.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Murray Narrow - Beagle Channel. Cove in Beagle Channel. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Conrad Martens |
Production date: 1838

rattle

Museum number: Am1979,Q.68 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:PatagoniaFound/Acquired:Chile

rattle

Museum number: Am1979,Q.67 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:PatagoniaFound/Acquired:Chile

rope

Museum number: Oc.1302 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 1844 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Essington

spear

Museum number: Oc.959 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 1821 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hanover Bay

spear

Museum number: Oc.955 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thc(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Jackson

spear

Museum number: Oc.958 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:King George Sound

spear

Museum number: Oc.6224 |
Ethnic group: x91672 Made by:Worora |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hanover Bay

spear

Museum number: Oc.957 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New South Wales

spear; fish-spear

Museum number: Oc.944 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thC (early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Jackson

spear

Museum number: Oc.956 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New South Wales

spear thrower

Museum number: Oc.982 |
Ethnic group: x317231 Made by:Aboriginal Australian |
Production date: 1821 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hanover Bay

spear-head

Museum number: Oc.8767 |
Ethnic group: x91672 Made by:Worora |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hanover Bay

spear-head

Museum number: Oc,+.3927 |
Ethnic group: x91672 Made by:Worora |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hanover Bay

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