The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zealand

This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

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.

A hippah was the housing for the Maori people of New Zealand.


Loosely bound in album with PAI3893-PAI3896, PAI3898-PAI3936.; Plate No.10.

Object Details

ID: PAI3897
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Webber, John; Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas
Date made: 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Plate: 255 x 406 mm; Sheet: 390 x 535 mm
Parts: Illustrations of Cooks Voyages (Album)