Scope and Contents A collection of four traditional 'stick charts' produced in the Marshall Islands; the date and makers are unknown. The charts are made of curved and straight wooden sticks representing ocean swells and the currents or waves around the islands; the shells are used to indicate the presence of atolls and islands. It is thought that each chart is unique to its maker and could only be fully interpreted by its maker. Due to their size and fragile nature, the charts are unlikely to have been used...

Scope and Contents An incomplete, printed report, 86 pages, with manuscript marginal annotations and a 2-page typed introduction by the R.C.S. Librarian. The report comprises papers respecting the declaration of a British Protectorate over the Gilbert Islands by Captain Davis, of H.M.S. 'Royalist', and general reports on the Gilbert, Ellice and Marshall Islands. The original cover, which is made out of a linen-backed chart of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, is bound in at the start. Loose with the volume is a...