Table Mountain
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Entries for March, 1774-03-01 - 1774-03-19
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 118r-122v
Scope and Contents
Daily entries until 19 March when the ship anchored at Cape Town. On 17 March, Bayly reports that the sea that evening ‘had the appearance of fire when put in motion’. On the same day they sighted ‘the Table’ [Table Mountain] and the ‘Sugar Loaf’ [Lion’s Head]. In the entry for 19 March, Bayly records that they met and saluted several ships upon arrival in Table Bay, including the HMS Salisbury (commanded by Edward Hughes) and the HMS Seahorse; they also saluted the fort with thirteen guns...
Dates:
1774-03-01 - 1774-03-19
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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Extract from a letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows, 1823-10-31
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 135-136
Scope and Contents
Concerning his request for instruments and his meteorological journal, and providing measurements of the height of Table Mountain.
Dates:
1823-10-31
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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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 131-132
Scope and Contents
Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.
Dates:
1823-10-10
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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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-31
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 133-134
Scope and Contents
Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.
Dates:
1823-10-31
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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NS II Geographical distribution and species-21 Note, 1842-06-01 - 1842-06-30
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 23r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Capel Curig
(Note)
Dates:
1842-06-01 - 1842-06-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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NS II Geographical distribution and species-55 Note, 1855-03-25
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 68r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1855-03-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.