Cocos Islands (dependent state)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Item
[A rowing boat making for the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/7
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Remains of the Emden
Fonds
Commonwealth Royal Tour, 1953-1954
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320
Scope and Contents
The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.
Dates:
1953 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/4
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm. Taken from the deck of another ship.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden
Item
[Distant view of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/5
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm. A view from the deck of another ship, with a seaman standing in the foreground.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden
Item
[General view of the 'Emden' from the side], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/1
Scope and Contents
160 x 120 mm.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden
Item
Perspective view of Cocos and Traitor's Islands, 1817 - 1866
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 343/51
Scope and Contents
An undated print of an engraving made for C.T. Middleton's 'A new and complete system of geography' (2 vols, London, 1778-1779).
Dates:
1817 - 1866
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Commonwealth engravings
Fonds
Remains of the Emden
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs of the wreck of the German Cruiser 'Emden', sunk by HMAS 'Sydney' whilst attacking the Cocos-Keeling Islands on 9 November 1914.
These photographs were extracted from the file in the RCS Archives on 'The Empire at War', edited for the Royal Empire Society by Sir Charles Lucas. References appear in volume III at pages 29, 76, 78, 212-3 and 223.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
[The wreck of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/2
Scope and Contents
160 x 120 mm. A view showing bows, and the angle of the wrecked funnel. White ring marked round the central part showing the 'Emden'.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden
Item
[The wreck of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/3
Scope and Contents
160 x 120 mm. A view from directly ahead.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden
Item
[View of the 'Emden'], 1914-11-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30315A/6
Scope and Contents
135 x 90 mm. A close view of the wreck.
Dates:
1914-11-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Remains of the Emden