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C1777
Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand; 1773.
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The first engraved map of Dusky Bay and Resolution Island, New Zealand, with an inset of Pickersgill Harbour at right, showing the tracks of the Resolution, made on Captain Cook’s second voyage. On this voyage Cook was instructed to test … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand; 1773.
Date:
C1777
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
375mm
x 205mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
The first engraved map of Dusky Bay and Resolution Island, New Zealand, with an inset of Pickersgill Harbour at right, showing the tracks of the Resolution, made on Captain Cook’s second voyage.
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.
From the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
From Cook’s, 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.Â
References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 1336-13, p. 252.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 329.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2637096
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: G263:4/4
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3404.007
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970:: 1336-13, p. 252.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 329.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2637096
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: G263:4/4
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 3404.007
James Cook (1728 - 1779)
Cook was the most important navigator of the Age of Enlightenment, a period that saw the mystery of the Southland resolved, the discovery of New Zealand, Hawaii, numerous Pacific Islands and confirmation that a Northwest Passage did not exist. Cook was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of a Scottish labourer and apprenticeship for three years under John Walker, a Quaker coal-shipper of Whitby. In 1755 Walker offered him a command, but instead Cook joined HMS Eagle and within a month was master's mate. After two years on the Channel service, he was promoted master of the Pembroke, and in 1758 crossed the Atlantic in her and took part in the siege of Louisburg and the survey of the St Lawrence River that led to the capture of Quebec. Returning to England in 1762 he married Elizabeth Batts (1742-1832?) of Shadwell, whom he was to rarely see in the ensuing years at sea. Cook then famously commanded three voyages that ended with his death on the island of Hawaii on 14 February 1779.
