Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin
Plate 79 from the Forster Collection. During his second voyage, James Cook explored the seas around Antarctica. With him was the illustrator Georg Forster, who made this watercolour of a king penguin when they visited the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia
Picture No
10705495
Media ID
47569241
Size
4536px x 6500px
(15.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Illustration from the Natural History Museum Collection
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