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Wreck Reefs

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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A short account of a voyage from Port Jackson in New South Wales to Canton in China in 1803, 1803

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 235-251
Scope and Contents A narrative account by James Inman of a voyage on board the ship Rolla, commanded by John Cumming, in 1803. The account provides details of the situation of places encountered, and of ‘every circumstance’ of the voyage relevant to navigation. It includes detailed descriptions of many of the places visited and of encounters with indigenous peoples. It also describes the loss of HMS Porpoise and the merchantman Cato, and the role of the Rolla, the Cumberland (commanded by Captain Flinders),...
Dates: 1803
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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Abstracts of astronomical observations, 1802-05-26 - 1803-10-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 19-27
Scope and Contents

Made in the years 1802 & 1803 on the coast of New Holland by Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders.

Dates: 1802-05-26 - 1803-10-07
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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Meteorological journal from Wreck Reef to Canton, 1803-10-13 - 1803-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 252-256
Scope and Contents

Kept by James Inman on the voyage of the ship Rolla, under John Cumming.

Dates: 1803-10-13 - 1803-12-19
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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Observations for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle, 1801 - 1805

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 127v-148v
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.

Dates: 1801 - 1805
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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Observations made from Wreck Reef Bank towards Timor (from Lieutenant Flinders), 1803-10-07 - 1803-11-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 190r-192r
Scope and Contents From the Item:

The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).

Dates: 1803-10-07 - 1803-11-02
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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Observations made on board HMS Porpoise, 1803-08-11 - 1803-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 107v-114r
Scope and Contents

Travelling toward Wreck Reefs and made on the coral bank there. Followed by two pages marked for the insertion of deductions of observations.

Dates: 1803-08-11 - 1803-10-06
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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Observations made on the schooner Cumberland, 1803-05-06 - 1803-10-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 114v-121r
Scope and Contents

Travelling from Wreck Reefs via the Torres Strait to Timor and the Isle of France. Includes observations at Timor and at Port Louis.

Dates: 1803-05-06 - 1803-10-07
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).