HMS Investigator, survey sloop (1801-1810)
Organization
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
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Sanction for James Inman to replace John Crosley on the scientific expedition to New Holland, 1803
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/185: 5-5b
Scope and Contents
There are instructions for him to board the ship, details of observations to be made at sea and on shore, and general directions.
Dates:
1803
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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Summaries of observations made between December 1801 and July 1802, 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 55v-60v
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts of the rates and errors of the timekeepers by Earnshaw and Arnold, and summaries of observations to determine longitude made in Princess Royal Harbour, at Bay 10, in Port Phillip Bay and at Cattle Point on the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.
Dates:
1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
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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- Cape of Good Hope 5
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- Mauritius 5
- Sydney 5
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- Astronomy 4
- Geographical exploration 4
- Jackson, Port 4
- Longitude 4
- Marine navigation 4
- Broad Sound 3
- Port Phillip Bay 3
- South Pacific Ocean 3
- Torres Strait 3
- Bass Strait 2
- China 2
- Groote Eylandt 2
- Kangaroo Island 2
- Keppel Bay 2
- Navigational aids 2
- Northumberland 2
- Nuyts Archipelago 2
- Port Lincoln 2
- Time measuring instruments 2
- Wreck Reefs 2
- Africa 1
- Great Barrier Reef 1
- Greenwich 1
- Hawke, Cape 1
- Horology 1
- Madeira 1
- North Pacific Ocean 1
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