A fish from New Zealand

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Title

A fish from New Zealand

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). The Resolution reached Dusky Sound on 26 March 1773 following three gruelling months in the Southern Ocean. One objective of Captain James Cook’s second voyage was to confirm the existence or otherwise of the great southern continent. For Cook the relief upon reaching a safe harbour was palpable: ‘[T]here is no Port in New Zealand I have been in that affords the necessary refreshments in such plenty as Dusky ...

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Date created

circa 1777

Creator

Unknown artist / Johann Georg Adam Forster

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/612528

Related subjects

Fish / gouache / vellum / watercolours / works on paper / Discovery & exploration / Dusky Sound

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