Reduced Fac-simile of a Chart Prepared by Wm. Hodges during the Voyage.

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