Logbook of the Marquis of Rockingham [H.M.S. Adventure], 1771-1773 / George Law
Logbook of the Marquis of Rockingham [H.M.S. Adventure], 1771-1773 / George Law
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Date
5 June 1771 - 13 June 1773
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MLMSS 9933
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0.01 meters of textual material (1 volume in folder) - 30.6 x 20.5 cm - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
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Journal describing two voyages made by Captain James Cook in search of Terra Australis, in the Southern Hemisphere and around Terra Australis. The journal is divided into two parts, as Law, one of the men on board, recounts the two voyages: 'Journal of a Passage from Jamaica in the Ship Marquis Rockingham John Barrow Master for Liverpool’ and 'Jour...
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Logbook of the Marquis of Rockingham [H.M.S. Adventure], 1771-1773 / George Law
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Purchased from Meridian Rare Books, June 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
The Marquis of Rockingham, a North Sea collier, was launched at Whitby in 1770. She made her maiden voyage the following year and it is this voyage that is recorded in the log book.
Soon after his return from his first voyage in 1771, James Cook was commissioned by the Royal Society to make a second voyage in search of Terra Australis Incogn...
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MLMSS 9933
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Yr8Mq3Dn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8Mq3Dn
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1001694
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