James Cook - Papers, 1768-1773, together with associated papers, ca.1775, 1830, 1901
James Cook - Papers, 1768-1773, together with associated papers, ca.1775, 1830, 1901
James Cook - Papers, 1768-1773, together with associated papers, ca.1775, 1830, 1901
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1768-1775, 1830, 1901
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Safe 1/83
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0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D14822/a5531.htm
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30 Nov. 1768; Autograph letter from James Cook, Rio de Janeiro, to the Commissioners for Victualling, stating that he has drawn on them for the purchase of provisions. Unsigned and incomplete draft (1 page).
30 Nov. 1768; Autograph letter from James Cook, Rio de Janeiro, to Phillip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, reporting on diff...
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James Cook - Papers, 1768-1773, together with associated papers, ca.1775, 1830, 1901
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Digital order no:Album ID : 976728...
Contextual Information
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Transferred from the Australian Museum in Oct. 1935. The documents were purchased by the NSW Government in 1887 from John Mackrell and Canon Frederick Bennett, descendants of Elizabeth Cook. At the request of the NSW Government, Mackrell organised a display of Cook items at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886. The New South Wales A...
Exhibited in
- Queen Mary 2 display
- Maps of the Pacific
Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line
State Library of New South Wales (August 2021 - April 2022). Applies to: Draft, in Cook's hand, of his observations of the Transit of Venus, comprising observations, diagrams and calculations by Cook together with printed tables for computing longitude, 3 June 1769
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1768 the Royal Society petitioned King George III to mount an expedition to observe the Transit of Venus, due to take place on 3 June 1769. James Cook was promoted to Lieutenant and appointed to command HM Bark Endeavour. Charles Green, an astronomer and former assistant to the Astronomer Royal, was appointed an observer. Joseph Banks and his co...
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Safe 1/83
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1DrmV659
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmV659
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440400
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