Afia-Too-Ca, A Burying Place in the Isle of Amsterdam

This engraving, after a drawing by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) 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.

The Isle of Amsterdam lies in the southern Indian Ocean. Cook landed on Amsterdam Island (also known as Tongatapu) on October, 4th 1773 and stayed until October 7th, 1773. On his second visit he stayed from June 26-29, 1774.

This is the first of two such engravings.
Mounted in album with PAI3938-PAI4043, PAI4045-PAI4076.; Page 94.

Object Details

ID: PAI4044
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Byrne, William
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 16 Jul 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 350 x 523 mm; Plate: 262 x 415 mm
Parts: Atlas to Cook's Voyages Vol I 1773-1777. (Illustrations are from Hawkesworth's 'Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere', all volumes, and Cook [ed. Douglas] 'A Voyage towards the South Pole... ' [1773-75], page 70 onwards) (Album)
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