Norfolk Island
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Log entries for October, 1774-10-01 - 1774-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 129v-134
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...
Dates:
1774-10-01 - 1774-10
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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Map of the Norfolk Islands, 1774-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 132
Scope and Contents
Discovered by Captain Cook in the Resolution, on Monday, October 16, 1774. The map shows the course of the Resolution and the depth in fathoms at various locations. The latitude and east and west longitude from Greenwich are indicated in the border. Signed by William Wales.
Dates:
1774-10
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).