Woman of New Zealand

This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777.

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.

William Hodges (1744 - 1797) joined Cook's second expedition to the South Pacific as a draughtsman 1772-75 and was employed by the Admiralty in finishing his drawings.

This is probably from a drawing from Cook’s second visit to New Zealand between October 22 and November 26th, 1773.

This is the first of two such engravings.


Mounted in album with PAI4078-PAI4106, PAI4108-PAI4214.; Page 153.; No. 50.

Object Details

ID: PAI4107
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hodges, William [artist]
Date made: 16 Jul 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 515 x 348 mm; Plate: 317 x 252 mm
Parts: Atlas to Cook's Voyages Vol II 1777-1784. (Illustrations are from 'A Voyage towards the South Pole...1773-75' and 'A Voyage to the Northern Hemisphere... 1776-1780') (Album)