South Georgia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Log entries for January, 1775-01-01 - 1775-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 145v-153
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, covering the voyage from Tierra del Fuego to South Georgia Island, and towards the South Sandwich Islands. Three maps are included. An entry for 3 January describes Staten Land [Staten Island] of which he says ‘It did not appear to me by far so frightful as it seems to have done to the relator of Lord Anson’s voyage’. He observes that it abounded with ducks and geese, and with sea fowl such as penguins and seagulls ‘of which most of our people eat (sic) and thought very...
Dates:
1775-01-01 - 1775-01-31
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 South Georgia, 1775-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 150a
Scope and Contents
Showing Sandwich Bay, Cape Charlotte, Royal Bay, Cape George, Possession Bay, Bay of Islands, Willis’s Isles, Bird Island, Pickersgill’s Island, Green Isles, Cooper’s Island, and Clerke’s Isles. The course of the Resolution is plotted with soundings. The latitude and east and west longitude from Greenwich are indicated in the border. Signed by William Wales.
Dates:
1775-01
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).