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Estados, Isla de los

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 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 New-Year’s Harbour in Staten Island [Tierra del Fuego], 1775-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 146a
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Drawn at a scale of one mile to an inch, with latitude and longitude provided, along with soundings and variation. 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).
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Map of the Southern Coast of Tierra del Fuego, Straits la Maire and Staten Island, 1774-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 146b
Scope and Contents Showing Cape Disseada [Deseada], Cape Noir, Schapenbam’s Bay, Whintband’s Bay, Nassau Bay, Success Bay, Cape Success, Port Maurice, Cape St. Vincent, Cape San Diego, Cape St. Anthony, Cape San Juan, Cape St. Bartholomew, Staten Land, New Isle, Terbalten’s Isle, [Enouts?] Isle, Barnevelt’s Isle, Hermete’s Isles, and Cape Horn. The course of the Resolution is plotted, with soundings shown in Nassau Bay. The latitude and east and west longitude from Greenwich are indicated in the border. Signed...
Dates: 1774-01
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).