Log entries for October, 1774-10-01 - 1774-10
Scope and Contents
Daily entries from 1-18 October only, covering the voyage via the Norfolk Islands to Ship’s Cove, New Zealand, and including a map of the Norfolk Islands [RGO 14/58: 134]. An entry for 8 October records that a porpoise was caught and brought on board ‘which made a feast for the whole ship’s company’ [RGO 14/58: 131v]. The entry for 10 October includes a description of Norfolk Islands [RGO 14/58: 132a] while that for 18 October describes landing at Ship’s Cove and the difficulties Wales encountered in taking observations there. Wales also discusses the difference in longitude between his readings and those taken at the same location the previous year. In a detailed entry for 13 October, Wales records learning of an incident in which a party of men from the Adventure had been killed and cannibalised in Queen Charlotte’s Sound some months earlier [RGO 14/58: 134].
Dates
- Creation: 1774-10-01 - 1774-10
Creator
- From the File: Wales, William, 1734 - 1798 (astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
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Extent
6 folio(s) (6 ff.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Original geographic information
New Zealand [subject]
Original geographic information
Norfolk Island [subject]
Original geographic information
Ship Cove [subject]
Finding aid date
2012-05-09 17:28:47+00:00
Geographic
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