Chart of the Discoveries made in the South Atlantic Ocean, in His Majesty's Ship Resolution, under the Command of Captain Cook, in Jany 1775

This chart 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.

Mounted in album with PAI4078-PAI4121, PAI4123-PAI4214.; Page 166.; Plate No. IV.

Object Details

ID: PAI4122
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cadell, Thomas; Strahan, William Russell, John
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1 Feb 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 400 x 568 mm; Plate: 352 x 347 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)