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Figure 3.1. Terra del Feugo

Figure 3.1. Terra del Feugo
The reproductive family in the first stage of stadial theory. The Indians of Terra del Fuego in their hut. John WHawkenworth, ‘An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 3 vols. (London Strahan and Cadwell, 1773), vol. 2, facing 55. Reproduced from Jesus College, Old Library volume of cuts, charge and maps by permission of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge.


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The account of Cook’s first voyage www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-first-voyage-of-james-cook that Malthus read included an illustration of a Fuegian family front of their hut. It was a dwelling deemed “to stand but for a shorr time,” a sign of the lack of property characteristic of the European category “savage”. The engraving was reworked many times from the original watercolor by Buchan (1769) and as art historian Bernard Smith has shown, some versions emphasized primitive brutishness and others noble simplicity. The particular Franceso Bartolozzi engraving that Malthus reviewed portrayed the Fuegian family as considerably more noble and less wretched than earlier versions. The account he read certainly characterized Fuegians as “out casters of Nature” but hinted at their Rousseauean virtues as well, casting them at times as classically inspired simple societies. Malthus, however, either failed to pick up on the visual clues or deliberately ignored this more sympathetic reading, instead setting out an unequivocal savagery, casting Fuegians as remorseless miserable. ~ Page 93
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