Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego

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 from a drawing made between December 20-28, 1774 at Christmas Sound in Tierra Del Fuego.

It is the second of two engravings.

Mounted in album with PAI4078-PAI4111, PAI4113-PAI4214.; Page 158.; Plate No. XXXII.

Object Details

ID: PAI4112
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cadell, Thomas; Strahan, William Watts, William
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1 Feb 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 410 x 267 mm; Plate: 400 x 253 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)