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HMS Investigator, survey sloop (1801-1810)

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Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:

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Extract from Captain Matthew Flinders' memoir on the construction of his charts, 1806-05-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 75
Scope and Contents

Copied by Dr Maskelyne from pencil writing in Flinders' memoir; with reference made to Australia, Bass Strait and Torres Strait.

Dates: 1806-05-19
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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Journal of the voyage of HMS Investigator, 1802 and 1803, 1801-12 - 1803-01-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 52r-97v
Scope and Contents

This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. See also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 99r-106r].

Dates: 1801-12 - 1803-01-06
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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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates: 1782 - 1810
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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Letter concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator, 1806-05-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 31-32
Scope and Contents

Letter to Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders from Ferdinand Bauer, botanical artist on HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1806-05-11
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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Letter concerning observations made on HMS Investigator, 1806-05-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 29-30
Scope and Contents

Letter to Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders from Robert Brown, botanist on HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1806-05-11
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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Letter from John Crosley to John Pond, 1812-11-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 65-66
Scope and Contents

Concerning recalculations of observations from a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1812-11-28
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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Letter from John Crosley to the Board of Longitude, 1814-03-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 67
Scope and Contents

Concerning his recalculations of observations by Captain Matthew Flinders.

Dates: 1814-03-03
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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Letter from John Pond to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1811-06-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 45-46
Scope and Contents

Concerning remuneration for Matthew and Samuel Ward Flinders for recalculating observations from HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1811-06-07
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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Letter from Mathew Flinders, 1802-05-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 17-18
Scope and Contents

Letter sent to Nevil Maskelyne from HMS Investigator at Port Jackson, concerning observations he had made on the voyage; for the observations, see [RGO 14/68: 15-16].

Dates: 1802-05-25
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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Letter from Matthew Flinders to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1811-07-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 53-54
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1811-07-15
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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Letter from Matthew Flinders to [Captain Thomas Hurd?], 1812-06-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 58-59
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1812-06-03
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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Letter from Matthew Flinders to John Pond, 1811-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 43-44
Scope and Contents

Concerning the inclusion of observations taken by Mr Inman among the recalculated observations of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1811-06-05
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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Letter from Samuel Ward Flinders to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1812-03-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 57
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1812-03-03
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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Letter from Samuel Ward Flinders to George Gilpin, 1808-05-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 35-36
Scope and Contents

Concerning a reward of £200 which he had been offered by the Board of Longitude in return for making observations while on board HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1808-05-21
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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Letter from Samuel Ward Flinders to John Pond, 1811-09-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 55-56
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1811-09-10
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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Letter from Samuel Ward Flinders to Thomas Hurd, 1812-12-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 61
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1812-12-03
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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Letter to Nevil Maskelyne, 1806-03-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 82-83
Scope and Contents

From Mr Marsden concerning papers from Captain Flinders.

Dates: 1806-03-01
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 book, observations and memoir of the HMS Investigator, 1795 - 1805

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64
Scope and Contents From the Series: The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates: 1795 - 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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Log book of the HMS Investigator, January 1803, 1803-01-07 - 1803-01-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 99r-106r
Scope and Contents

This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. The entries cover 7-31 January 1803 while the Investigator was in the Gulf of Carpentaria, at Groote Eylandt and travelling towards Cape Arnhem. Some observations of lunar distance are included.
For earlier sections of the log book, see also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 52r-97v].

Dates: 1803-01-07 - 1803-01-31
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 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
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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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Log entries for 21-31 July 1802, 1802-07-21 - 1802-07-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 60v-63r
Scope and Contents

Daily log entries, travelling from Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, along the shore to the north coast via the Brothers, Cape Hawke, Break-Sea Spit and Sandy Cape; with the Lady Nelson in company.

Dates: 1802-07-21 - 1802-07-31
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 April 1802, 1802-04-01 - 1802-04-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 44v-50r
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Daily log entries until 26 April; the weather, remarks & observations fields are largely left blank.

Dates: 1802-04-01 - 1802-04-26
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 August 1802, 1802-08-01 - 1802-08-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 63v-68v
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Daily log entries, examining the east coast of New Holland. Includes observations taken at Port No. 1, at Keppel Bay, and off Port No. 2 (Entrance Island).

Dates: 1802-08-01 - 1802-08-31
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 December 1801 and early January 1802, 1801-12-05 - 1802-01-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 15r-20v
Scope and Contents

Daily log entries, travelling from the Cape of Good Hope towards the south west coast of New Holland, and in King George Sound and Princess Royal Harbour. Includes a set of observations made in Princess Royal Harbour, with accounts of the rates of the timekeepers and of the tides [RGO 14/64: 17r-20v].

Dates: 1801-12-05 - 1802-01-04
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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