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HMS Investigator, survey sloop (1801-1810)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Log entries for 1-13 September 1802, 1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 68v-69r
Scope and Contents

Daily log entries, travelling from Thirsty Sound to Upper Head Broad Sound, Bay of Inlets.

Dates: 1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Log entries for 14-30 September 1802, 1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 71v-74r
Scope and Contents

Daily log entries made off Upper Head Broad Sound and thence across to the Offing Isles towards the outer Northumberland Isles. Includes astronomical observations made near Upper Head Broad Sound, with accounts of the daily rates of the timekeepers.

Dates: 1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Observations for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle, 1801 - 1805

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 127v-148v
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.

Dates: 1801 - 1805
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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