Sketch of Van Dieman Land, Explored by Captn Furneaux in March 1773

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

Captain Tobias Furneaux accompanied Cook on his second voyage and was the first man to circumnavigate the world in both directions. Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by Europeans for what is now Tasmania, Australia.


Mounted in album with PAI2055-PAI2065, PAI2067-PAI2127.

Object Details

ID: PAI2066
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 220 x 144 mm; page: 590 mm x 460 mm
Parts: Volume of Plates to Cook's Voyages. Voyage II (Album)