British Library, London - Robert Molineaux - Log of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1766-1768
British Library, London - Robert Molineaux - Log of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1766-1768
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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M 2013
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : M 2013
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Contents
The log usually has entries for two days per page and contains hourly entries giving speed, courses, winds, and remarks, with daily entries for course, distance, latitude, longitude, and bearings. The remarks are quite detailed or the passage through the Magellan Straits (Dec. 1766 - Mar. 1767) and the visits to Tahiti (June - July 1767) and Batavi...
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British Library, London - Robert Molineaux - Log of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1766-1768
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Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm master.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M 2013.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the British Library,...
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Administrative / Biographical history
Robert Molineaux (d. 1771) or Molyneaux was master's mate on HMS Dolphin, under the command of Samuel Wallis, on its voyage around the world in 1766-68
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M 2013
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YK5QVZjn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QVZjn
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432812
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