James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and the Orkneys undertaken by Joseph Banks Esqr. in the year 1772', 11 July - 29 Oct. 1772, with watercolour illustration, 1796

11 July-29 Oct. 1772;  A manuscript journal of a voyage on board the brig 'Sir Lawrence', commanded by James Hunter. The journal is written in a clear hand which differs from the hand in Robert's account of the Endeavour voyage. It appears to be a copy prepared for publication. Opposite the manuscript title page is a watercolour illustration of a scene which includes an abbreviated version of the book's title written on a rock. The illustration is inscribed : 'W. Brand invt. deln., Boston, October 1796'.  
Roberts gives an account of the voyage undertaken by Joseph Banks, accompanied by Lieut. John Gore, Daniel Solander, James Lind, Sigismund Baestrom, John Cleveley Jnr., Frederick  Walden, James and John Miller, Peter Briscoe, and others. He describes the islands of Oronsay, Scarba, Staffa and Iona in the Hebrides;  Bessastad, Reykjavik, Skalholt, Mount Hekla and the surrounding region in Iceland;  and the Orkneys. The account ends in Edinburgh on 29 October 1772.

James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and th...

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