Endeavour on the first Pacific expedition of 1768 to 1771. On his return to England, Solander helped Banks collate what is now known as Banks’ Florilegium. While at Teoneroa (Poverty Bay) he and Banks gathered almost 60 plant species, including the now familiar trees and shrubs: karaka, ngaio, kowhai (Sophora tetraptera), koromiko, and flax (Phormium tenax). An important part of Solander’s legacy is his manuscripts, 20 of which are in the British Museum. This copy is from his unpublished Primitiae Florae Novae Zelandiae [1770], the first documented list of the flora of New Zealand. Solander used Linnaeus’ binomial classification system (the Latin two-word tags) to classify the plants.]]> Daniel Solander]]> Dracophyllum menziesii (dragon leaf) and Nothofagus (Lophozonia) menziesii (silver beech).]]> George Vancouver]]> Lepidium oleraceum) in Dunedin in December 1951. Because of its antiscorbutic properties, Cook also used it to ward off scurvy.]]> Professor Geoff Baylis]]> ]]> Boats of the Friendly Isles. Sketch no. XLII by William Hodges in James Cook's, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 2, facing p. 18.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Family in Dusky Bay, New Zealand. Plate No. LXIII by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol.1, facing p. 75.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Easter Island in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p. 277.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand, 1773. Sketch No. XIII in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p. 92.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.... Vol 3, facing p. 557.]]> John Hawkesworth]]> ]]> Chart of the Southern Hemisphere shewing the tracks of some of the most distinguished navigators in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, p.1]]> James Cook]]> ]]> View in the Island of New Caledonia. Plate No. L by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 2, facing p. 110.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Afia-Too-Ca, A Burying Place in the Isle of Amsterdam. Plate no. XXVIII by William Hodges in James Cook's, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. I, facing p. 200.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> A View in the Island of Rotterdam. Plate no. XLIII by William Hodges in James Cook's, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 2, facing p.9]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Harvey's Isle. Palmerston Isle. Turtle Isle. Savage Isle. Plate no. XII in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. II, facing p.2.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Poe-Bird, New-Zeeland. Plate no. LII in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p. 97.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Monuments in Easter Island. Plate no. XLIX by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p.294.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Landing at Middleburgh one of the Friendly Isles. Plate no. LIV by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p.193.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Man of New Zealand. Plate, by William Hodges, from James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World...in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Volume I.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> The Landing at Tanna one of the New Hebrides. Plate no. LIX by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 2, facing p. 54.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> The Landing at Erramanga one of the New Hebrides. Plate no. LXII by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 2, facing p. 46.]]> James Cook]]>
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The Ice Islands, seen 9th Jan.ry, 1773. Plate no. XXX by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. I, facing p. 37.]]> James Cook]]>
]]> Christmas Sound, Tierra Del Fuego. Plate no. XXXII by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World...in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Volume I.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Scene of Captain Cook's Murder from John S. Jenkins's Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron,...in 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842. Opposite page 357.]]> John S. Jenkins]]> ]]> Captain James Cook. F.R.S. Frontispiece by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Volume I.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> Otoo, King of O-Taheite. Plate no. XXXVIII by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p.154.]]> James Cook]]> ]]> The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee. Plate no. LXI by William Hodges in James Cook's A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World…in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Vol. 1, facing p.342.]]> James Cook]]>