Rio de Janeiro
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Abstract of a report from William Gooch to the Astronomer Royal, 17 Nov. 1791
Reporting from Rio de Janeiro on problems with his instruments and with discipline on board the Daedalus; transcribed by Sir Joseph Banks.
Journal entries, 30 November - 23 December 1791, 1791-11-30 - 1791-12-23
Daily tabulated log entries, beginning with explanatory remarks [RGO 14/62: 5r].
Journal entries, 30 November 1791 - 27 February 1792, 1791-11-30 - 1792-02-27
Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 16 Apr. 1792
Providing a short account of their passage to the Falkland Islands and a heavy storm encountered there.
Observations in the voyage of the Daedalus, 1791 - 1792
Sketches of islands 'discovered', rough calculations and tables, 1791 - 1792
Set of rough astronomical calculations, with tables, notes, and sketches of islands ‘discovered’; the islands are unnamed, although reference points are sometimes given, such as ‘Island A’ [RGO 14/62: 141*v], or ‘Bay at C’ [RGO 14/62: 79v]. Interspersed among the notes are occasional doodles by Gooch [RGO 14/62: 88v], [RGO 14/62: 124r], and translations of [Polynesian] words [RGO 14/62: 124r], [RGO 14/62: 126-127], [RGO 14/62: 141*v].
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