Series 07: Letters received by Banks from James Cook concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM Ship...
Series 07: Letters received by Banks from James Cook concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Adventure, 1772
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1772
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 07 (Safe 1/457)
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James Cook was given command of a second Pacific expedition (1772-1775) to search for a southern continent. He sailed from England in July 1772 in HMS Resolution accompanied by HMS Adventure. The expedition circumnavigated the world in high southern latitudes.
Joseph Banks, invited by Lord Sandwich to join the expedition, withdrew from the v...
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Series 07: Letters received by Banks from James Cook concerning the second Pacific voyage in HM Ships Resolution and Adventure, 1772
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The letters in this series , previously located at ML Safe 1/68, were purchased from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales in 1884. They had been presented by the Government of New South Wales to the Australian Museum in 1894, and were transferred from the Museum to the Mitchell Library in November 1935.
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SAFE/Banks Papers/Series 07 (Safe 1/457)
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npAdGPm1
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1290411
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