Log, ship portrait and charts for the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1793, 1796
Log, ship portrait and charts for the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1793, 1796
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1793, 1796
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Item 01: Log book of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1 February to 1 November 1796. MLMSS 7491.
Item 02: Portrait of Il Netunno, later Marquis Cornwallis, by Balthazar Solvyns, 1793. ML 1353.
Item 03: Two maritime charts by Henry Moor showing the track from Norfolk Island to New Guinea. The charts are located at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 7491 Map 1...
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Log, ship portrait and charts for the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1793, 1796
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Further information can be found in the following publications: Michael H. Styles, 'Captain Hogan : Sailor, Merchant, Diplomat on Six Continents', 2003 (Mitchell Library location number 327.73009/2); Barbara Hall, 'A Desperate Set of Villains : the Convicts of the Marquis Cornwallis, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1796', 2000 (Mitchell Library location num...
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Acquired from Christie's, London, auction 23 Sept. 2004
Administrative / Biographical history
The Marquis Cornwallis, under Captain Michael Hogan, left Cork, Ireland, on 9 August 1795 to transport Irish convicts to New South Wales. On the 9 September, as the ship neared Cape Verde Islands, Hogan learned of a plot by some of the convicts and soldiers to seize the ship. Hogan acted swiftly. Between forty and fifty convicts were flogged and tw...
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9WZMgdpY
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442823
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