A General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Captn James Cook in this and his two preceeding Voyages, with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command

This engraving charts the discoveries of Captain James Cook (1728-1779), who 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-PAI4213.; Page 258.

Object Details

ID: PAI4214
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Palmer, William I.; Roberts, Henry
Events: Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 670 x 950 mm; Plate: 600 x 997 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)