Logbook of the Santa Rosalia, commanded by Francisco Antonio Aguera Infanzon, from 10 October 1770-2...
Logbook of the Santa Rosalia, commanded by Francisco Antonio Aguera Infanzon, from 10 October 1770-2...
Logbook of the Santa Rosalia, commanded by Francisco Antonio Aguera Infanzon, from 10 October 1770-29 March 1771
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
10 October 1770-29 March 1771
Call Numbers
SAFE/DLMS 159
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 21 x 15 cm - manuscript on vellum
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room : CY DLMS 159
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Begins with the departure of the Santa Rosalia from Callao, Peru, and ends with the return to this port more than five months later. The heart of the log concerns the visit to Easter Island, 15-21 November, 1770, which was in effect a rediscovery of the Island, which had first been discovered by Jacob Roggeveen in 1722. From there the expedition pr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Logbook of the Santa Rosalia, commanded by Francisco Antonio Aguera Infanzon, from 10 October 1770-29 March 1771
Variant title
Diario de navegacion del Alferez de fragata y primer poloto dela R. armade dn. Franco Antonio, Aguera, Infanzon, 10 October 1770 - 29 March 1771.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Sir William Dixson bookplate on inside front cover.
Notes and Maggs Bros. catalogue description filed at MS. 159n.
Transferred from DLSPENCER 396
Microfilm available at CY 491B, frames 202-250.
Digital order no:Album ID : 990813
Signature / Inscriptions
'Diario de Navegacion' on spine.
Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Published information
The voyage of Captain Don Felipe González in the ship of the line San Lorenzo with the frigate Santa Rosalia in company, to Easter Island in 1770-1: preceded by an extract from Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen's official log of his discovery of the visit to Easter Island, in 1722. Transcribed, translated, and edited by Bolton Glanvill Corney. Cambridge :...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Francisco Aguera I was first pilot of the Santa Rosalia under Captain Felipe Gonzalez in an expedition of exploration in the South Pacific. His rank was 'Alferez de Fragata', or sub-lieutenant.
This log continues past that of the account attributed to him which was published by the Hakluyt Society in 1908 and is held at DL 9/259, Series II,...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DLMS 159
Record Identifier
n88EJ8mn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EJ8mn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
940843
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