"After 117 Days at Sea" – HMS Resolution in Dusky Sound
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Captain James Cook's ship HMS Resolution weighs anchor in Dusky Sound, New Zealand, on the morning of 28th March 1773 during his second voyage of discovery.
After 117 days navigating the open ocean without sighting land, the ship and crew made landfall in this remote fjord. As recorded in Cook's journal entry from the day before:
"After running about two Leagues up the Bay without find'g Anchorage and having pass'd some of the Islands which lie in it, I brought to, hoisted out two Boats and sent one of them with an officer round a point on the Larboard hand and upon her making the Signal for anchorage we followed with the Ship and came to an Anchor in 50 fm water so near the shore as to reach it with a hawser after having been 117 Days at Sea in which time we have Sailed [3660] Leagues without once having sight of land."
The painting depicts the Resolution setting out from Anchor Point and beginning the short, picturesque passage to Pickersgill's Harbour where the crew would refit the ship, rest, and gather fresh water and supplies.
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