Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 262-263
Scope and Contents
Reporting on the timekeeper [K1], and on his observations during the passage to Tenerife (en route to New South Wales).
Dates:
1787-06-05
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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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 264
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations taken (including observations for the rate of the timekeeper, K1).
Dates:
1787-06-05
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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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 265-266
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations made and including revised calculations of latitudes and longitudes by the timekeeper [K1].
Dates:
1787-06-09
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).
Series
Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 29 Aug.-5 Sept. 1791
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 70-73
Scope and Contents
Written on the first part of the voyage at sea and concluding at Tenerife. The letter includes a description of a storm encountered in the Bay of Biscay and mention of his plans to make Captain New's son and Mr Pitts computers of his observations.
Dates:
29 Aug.-5 Sept. 1791
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Two-letter class: western post-medieval manuscripts
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Mm
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Letters, Memoranda, and Journal, containing the History of Mr William Gooch [Fellow of Caius College], Astronomer of the Daedalus Transport
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Letters from William Gooch
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Letters from William Gooch to his parents, William and Sarah Gooch