Possession Bay in South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean. Engraving by S. Smith, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1775.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
Date:
Feb.ry 1st 1777
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566146i
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Visited by Captain Cook in January 1775

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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 39.2 cm

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Possession Bay in the island of South Georgia. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by S. Smith Bears number: XXXIV

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. 245, no. 2.141A

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Wellcome Collection 566146i

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