Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Latitudes and longitudes of places visited in the voyages of the Thetis, 1794-1797, and the Pallas, 1805, under Captain Lord Cochrane, 1794-02-14 - 1805-12-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/67: 177r-215r
Scope and Contents
A set of calculations of the latitudes and longitudes of places visited on voyages of the two ships, compiled by the astronomer William Garrard. The entries for the voyages form a continuous run; the Pallas voyage entries begin on folio 198r but are differentiated from those of the Thetis only by date. An index of the places mentioned is provided [RGO 14/67: 214v-215r]. These include (in order): North Bergen, the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Bermuda, Pennsylvania,...
Dates:
1794-02-14 - 1805-12-05
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-287 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 335r
Scope and Contents
Lyell has an extinct Gnathodon in the Miocene of Virginia - viz G grayii I think 2 extinct species of Fulgur
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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