A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land

This engraving comes from the official account of Cook's third voyage, 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean', published by Scatcherd and Whitaker in 1784.

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.

This is likely from a drawing made while in Christmas Harbour in Tierra Del Fuego between December 21-28th, 1774.

Mounted in album with PAI4078-PAI4123, PAI4125-PAI4214.; Page 168.; Plate No. 4.

Object Details

ID: PAI4124
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Newton; Webber, John
Places: Unlinked place
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 393 x 564 mm; Plate: 264 x 405 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)