Scope and Contents

Daily entries beginning on 10 November when the Resolution left Ship’s Cove, New Zealand, travelling via Cape Campbell and Cape Palliser. Includes an entry for 13 November concerning an experiment by Wales to determine the greatest angle that a ship lies down when going on a wind [RGO 14/58: 135]. An entry for 21 November notes that the southern lights were visible ‘but very faint and no ways remarkable’ [RGO 14/58: 137].

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...

Scope and Contents

These include observations taken on shore (3-16 December) and observations taken on board the Adventure while at anchor (18-20 December).
The entries begin with a note on setting up the observatory and also include: calculations of the going rates of the clocks; observations of the distance of the sun and moon for longitude; and observations on the tides at the bottom of Ship Cove.