The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zeeland

This engraving after a drawing by John Webber 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.

A hippah was the housing for the Maori people of New Zealand.

Mounted in album with PAI4078-PAI4129, PAI4131-PAI4214.; Page 174.; Plate No. 10.

Object Details

ID: PAI4130
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Webber, John; Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 403 x 570 mm; Plate: 407 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)