Cook, James, 1728 - 1779 (Captain, Royal Navy explorer)
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Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
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Observations on HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59
Scope and Contents
Observations made on board HMS Resolution during her passage to the South Seas on the expedition led by Captain James Cook.
Dates:
1772 - 1775
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 on voyages of discovery, 1763 - 1805
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/67
Scope and Contents
Astronomical observations and calculations made during voyages of discovery, including the voyages of the Glatton, 1763-1764; the Providence, 1794-1797; the Thetis, 1794-1797; the Pallas, 1805; and on Captain Cook’s third voyage.
Dates:
1763 - 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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Papers on Royal Society soirees, 1876 - 1912
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/242
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence and papers regarding Royal Society soirees, 1900-1912Request for names of Royal Observatory assistants of six years' standing, 1900-1901.Papers relating to soiree exhibits and the preparations to present the exhibitions, 1900.Requests to present a soiree on the forthcoming solar eclipse, 1905.Covering papers and lists of solar transparencies, 1906.Request for names of Royal Observatory assistants of six years' standing,...
Dates:
1876 - 1912
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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Papers on the Joe Pawsey Lecture, 1969
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/652
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the Joe Pawsey Memorial Lecture, 'Do We Understand All About Our Own Galaxy?', including the draft of an article for the Australian Academy of Science on Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus of 1769.
Dates:
1969
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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Publications, 1955 - 1972
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/679
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous publications, including the following items:Reprint of a 'Nature' article by Sir Richard Woolley on 'Rotation of the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri'.Copy of the Halley Lecture for 1961 on 'Globular Clusters', delivered by Woolley at Oxford.Presidential address by Woolley from the 'Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society'.Editorial summary of 'Masses, Radii and Luminosities of RR Lyrae Variables Stars' by Woolley, taken from the...
Dates:
1955 - 1972
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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Script for 'The Night Sky in November', 1953-11
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 45/280
Scope and Contents
A copy of Porter's script for 'The Night Sky in November' on Jupiter in Taurus; the transit of Mercury, 14 November 1953, and the next transit of Venus in 2004; Jeremiah Horrocks's prediction of the first observed transit of Venus, 1639; the observatory of Preston in Lancashire; the 1769 transit of Venus and James Cook; Legentil and the transits of 1761 and 1769; parallax measurements during a transit used to determine the scale of the solar system; other objects transiting the Sun;...
Dates:
1953-11
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).
Item
Table of 'Days works and observations', 1776-07-16 - 1776-11-13
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/60: 4r-8r
Scope and Contents
Preceded by an explanation of the table [RGO 14/60: 5v] and signed by Captain Cook and James King.
Dates:
1776-07-16 - 1776-11-13
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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