James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and th...
James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and th...
James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and the Orkneys undertaken by Joseph Banks Esqr. in the year 1772', 11 July - 29 Oct. 1772, with watercolour illustration, 1796
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1772, 1796
Call Numbers
A 1594
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Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings
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Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 265, frames 460-532 (A 1594).
Photocopy : xerox copy made from microfilm.
Digitised
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2012/D15300/a2388.pdf
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Scope and Contents
Contents
11 July-29 Oct. 1772; A manuscript journal of a voyage on board the brig 'Sir Lawrence', commanded by James Hunter. The journal is written in a clear hand which differs from the hand in Robert's account of the Endeavour voyage. It appears to be a copy prepared for publication. Opposite the manuscript title page is a watercolour illustration of a s...
Alternative Titles
Full title
James Roberts - 'A journal of a voyage to the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, Iceland and the Orkneys undertaken by Joseph Banks Esqr. in the year 1772', 11 July - 29 Oct. 1772, with watercolour illustration, 1796
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1195366
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dr Jane White Haney in 1921
Administrative / Biographical history
James Roberts was a servant to Sir Joseph Banks. He travelled with Banks on the Endeavour voyage, 1768-1771, and to Iceland in 1772. He came from Mareham le Fen in Lincolnshire and was 20 when he joined the Iceland voyage. He later lived in Banks' house in Soho Square, before retiring to Mareham le Fen in 1795. He died in 1826 aged 74.
Joseph Ba...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 1594
Record Identifier
nvg8N881
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Reference code
456959
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