Tube 120: RGO 101/5/3-5
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A chart of the voyage the Mary Ann, Captain James Ferrier, London to Jamaica, Jany. 2nd to Feby. 13th 1822, 1822
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/5/3
Scope and Contents
Hand-drawn chart plotting the course of the Mary Ann ship from London to Jamaica via the Lizard and Madeira and via the islands grouped around Antigue and Deseada. The islands are shown in blue wash. Daily latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted along the course line until Thursday 17th Feb. On paper, subsequently mounted on cloth.
Dates:
1822
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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A chart to find longitude at sea, W.J. Titford, Invenit & Fecit 1822, 1822
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/5/4
Scope and Contents
Hand-drawn chart in black ink on paper backed on linen; includes compass marker.
Dates:
1822
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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Halley's magnetic chart as reprinted in 1870, 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 101/5/5
Scope and Contents
Printed chart on paper backed on cloth, 'reproduced by Paleolithography, 1870 September, with the permission of the Principal Librarian of the British Museum'. Signed by George Airy. Produced by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London.
Dates:
1870
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).