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C1890
Reduced Fac-simile of a Chart Prepared by Wm. Hodges during the Voyage.
Mapmaker:
C.19th engraved map based on map made on Captain Cook’s second voyage of Dusky Bay and Resolution Island, with an inset of Pickersgill Harbour at right, showing the tracks of the Resolution. The original chart was published in the official … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Reduced Fac-simile of a Chart Prepared by Wm. Hodges during the Voyage.
Date:
C1890
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
150mm
x 85mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1890
Description:
C.19th engraved map based on map made on Captain Cook’s second voyage of Dusky Bay and Resolution Island, with an inset of Pickersgill Harbour at right, showing the tracks of the Resolution.
The original chart was published in the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage titled; A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.
On this voyage Cook was instructed to test the accuracy of Larcum Kendall’s copy of John Harrison’s chronometer H4. On Friday, 26th March, 1773 Cook sailed the Resolution into Tamatea/Dusky Sound and anchored in Pickersgill Harbour to rest his crew and effect repairs to the ship. The crew cleared an area of forest on Astronomer’s Point. A forge was set up for iron work, tents for sail makers and a workshop for the cooper. Cook set up a brewery using rimu and manuka leaves which was hoped the resulting beer would aid in the prevention of scurvy amongst the crew. While at Dusky Sound, scientific data was collected including observations of the local flora and fauna.
After a five week stay, with the Resolution repaired and the crew restored, Cook set sail on 29 April 1773 and left via the Acheron Passage and Breaksea Sound.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 12842.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2266945
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers:TQ076098
State Library Victoria: SLT 919.4 C27
State Library South Australia: 919.4 C344
William Hodges (1744 - 1797)
William Hodges was born in London, the only son of Ann and Charles Hodges, a blacksmith of St. James's Market London. They encouraged their son's talent for drawing and placed him in William Shipley's drawing school at Castle Court in the Strand. Joining Richard Wilson as an apprentice in 1758, he was required to assist his master 'in dead colouring and the forwarding of pictures'. A short period of study under Wilson and Cipriani at the Duke of Richmond's Gallery developed his style for classical composition. He was appointed artist on the Resolution and left Plymouth on 13 July 1772 and returned on 29 July 1775.
