Tuamotu Islands
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Log entries for April to May, 1774-04-01 - 1774-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 100v-105
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries until 21 April, travelling via the Marquesa Islands, Palliser’s Islands, King George Island and Matavai Bay (Tahiti). These are followed by summarised entries covering the period until the end of May, when the ship was anchored in Matavai Bay. The entries for 7-11 April include mention of being greeted in the Marquesa Islands by local inhabitants in canoes bearing fruit and plantains, records of observations taken, and descriptions of the islands [RGO 14/58: 102]. That for...
Dates:
1774-04-01 - 1774-05-31
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 Palliser’s Islands, 1774-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 104a
Scope and Contents
Discovered by Captain Cook in the Resolution on Tuesday, April 19, 1774. The course of the ship is plotted and the east and west longitude from Greenwich are indicated in the border. Signed by William Wales.
Dates:
1774-04
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).