The Resolution, Captain Cook's ship, in the Antarctic circle. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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Feb.ry 1st 1777
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566142i
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Visited by Captain Cook either December 1772-March 1773 or November 1773-February 1774

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London (in New Street Shoe Lane) : Wm. Strahan ; [London] (in the Strand) : Thos. Cadell, Feb.ry 1st 1777.

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.3 x 40.2 cm

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The ice islands, seen the 9th of Janry. 1773. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by B.T. Pouncy. Bears number: XXX

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 2: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, New Haven and London 1985, p. 138, no. 2.6A, and pl. 15, p. 18

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Wellcome Collection 566142i

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