Captain James Cook F R S

Mounted on page with PAI3942, and in album with PAI3938-PAI3942, PAI3944-PAI4076.; Reverse of Page 4. 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.

Object Details

ID: PAI3943
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Webber, John; Bartolozzi, Francesco
Date made: 4 Jun 1784
People: Cook, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 260 x 170 mm; page: 570 mm x 410 mm
Parts: Atlas to Cook's Voyages Vol I 1773-1777. (Illustrations are from Hawkesworth's 'Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere', all volumes, and Cook [ed. Douglas] 'A Voyage towards the South Pole... ' [1773-75], page 70 onwards) (Album)