Captain James Cook, FRS

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Discovery) and did more than any other voyager to explore the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Cook not only encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also assembled the first large-scale collections of Pacific objects to be brought back to Europe. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779.

Mounted in album with PAI2056-PAI2127.

Object Details

ID: PAI2055
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Elder, James Basire the; Cadell, Thomas Strahan, William
Date made: 1 Feb 1777
People: Cook, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 315 x 244 mm; page: 590 mm x 460 mm
Parts: Volume of Plates to Cook's Voyages. Voyage II (Album)