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Kealakekua Bay (bay)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Cook's monument, near the spot he met his death, 1890

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309992A/2
Scope and Contents

151 x 197 mm. A close up view of the Captain James Cook monument, surrounded by a white wooden fence.

Dates: 1890
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).
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Kealakeakua Bay. Cook's monument in foreground., 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309992A/1
Scope and Contents

202 x 155 mm. A view showing the monument to Captain James Cook, with Kealakeakua Bay in background. It was near this spot that Cook was killed on February 14 1779. Four marines also died in the fight.

Dates: 1890
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).
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Water found in foreground that in which Cook was held till he died, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309992A/3
Scope and Contents

148 x 197 mm. A view from the water showing the beach in the foreground, a small white hut and the memorial with cliffs in the background.

Dates: 1890
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).