North Pacific Ocean
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
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, 16 Apr. 1792
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 86-87
Scope and Contents
Providing a short account of their passage to the Falkland Islands and a heavy storm encountered there.
Dates:
16 Apr. 1792
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
Series
Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 20 Apr. 1792
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 88-89
Scope and Contents
Describing their passage to the Marquesas Islands, interaction with local islanders, and a solar eclipse observed there. The letter is partly written in Greek script.
Dates:
20 Apr. 1792
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
/
Two-letter class: western post-medieval manuscripts
/
Mm
/
Letters, Memoranda, and Journal, containing the History of Mr William Gooch [Fellow of Caius College], Astronomer of the Daedalus Transport
/
Letters from William Gooch
/
Letters from William Gooch to his parents, William and Sarah Gooch