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The Columbia Rediviva Leaving Hancock's Wharf

Hancock's Wharf, Boston, September 30, 1787

The first American vessel to circumnavigate the globe, Columbia Rediviva, sailed from Boston's Hancock Wharf on September 30, 1787, bound for Canton for tea.

It was a voyage filled with adventure, including a desertion in the Cape Verdes, fatal cases of scurvy climaxing in Nootka sound, trading with the Hawaiians, fighting pirates in Sunda Straits - all celebrated in Massey paintings and sketches.

Here Massey recreates Boston in 1787. Part of Long Wharf can be seen in the background and astern of Columbia is Fanuiel Hall. Then almost on the waterfront, today after numerous harbor projects, it is quite a distance from the water.

23 x 30 in. lithograph - 275 edition (remarques available)