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11. Add MS 7085, f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 27
Title:
'Views of lands on the coast of New Zeland' [Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand], drawings by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: [Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand] Date: [November 1769] Three views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed. Title inscribed in ink at head of sheet: ‘Views of lands on the coast of New Zeland’. a) 'A View of the Court of Aldermen'. Drawing frame: 73 x 493 mm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1769
Extent:

3 drawings

12. Add MS 7085, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 36
Title:
'Views of lands on the coast of New South Wales', drawings by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: East coast of New South Wales [Australia] Date: [April – May 1770] Six views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed. Title inscribed in central box ‘Views of Lands on the Coast of New South Wales’ (centre)’. a) 'A view of the Pigeon House and land adjacent'. Dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1770-May 1770
Extent:

6 drawings

13. Add MS 7085, f 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 25
Title:
'View of an Indian fortification built upon an arched rock in Mercury Bay', drawing by Charles Praval, after Herman Diedrich Spöring
Scope & Content:
Location: Mercury Bay, New Zealand. Date: [January – July 1771]. Title inscribed in ink in border below the drawing. Copy, with slight variations, of drawing by Herman Diedrich Spöring, British Library, Add MS 23920, f. 42a. Formerly attributed to Cook by Rienits, Begg and Beaglehole. Attrib...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing

14. Add MS 7085, f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 28
Title:
'Views of Lands on the Coast of New Zeland' [Northland Region and Auckland Region, New Zealand], drawings by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: New Zeland [Northland Region and Auckland Region, New Zealand] Date: [November – December 1769] Four views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed, under the heading ‘Views of Lands on the Coast of New Zeland’. a) 'A View of Cape Colvill when it bears WNW distant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1769-Dec 1769
Extent:

4 drawings

15. Add MS 7085, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 9
Title:
'Household furniture, weapons and tools used by the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands', drawing by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: Society Islands Date: [January – July 1771] Title inscribed on cartouche on framed drawing (upper centre): ‘HOUSHOLD FURNITURE WEAPONS and TOOLS us’d by the INHABITANTS of the SOUTH SEA ISLANDS’. Key inscribed in ink below frame of drawing: ‘1. Basket. 2 Mallet. 3 Chissel. 4 Bow. 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:
1 drawing

16. Add MS 7085, f 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 44
Title:
Four indigenous Australians of Western Australia, drawing attributed to Jane King
Scope & Content:
Signed: ‘J. King’ (lower centre). Provenance note on f. 44 verso: ‘sketch by Mrs J. King in 1843’. Correspondence between I. M. Crawford, Western Australian Museum, Perth, to Vincent Megaw, 7 July 1980, pasted into preliminary pages of the volume (Add MS 7085), describes the drawing and states...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
Extent:

1 drawing

17. Add MS 7085, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 13
Title:
'View of a canoe house us’d by the inhabitants of the Society Isles', drawing by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson
Scope & Content:
Location: Society Islands Date: [January – July 1771] Title inscribed in ink in border below the drawing. Copy with modifications of a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, ‘View in Ulietea’, British Library Add MS 23921, f. 11.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing

18. Add MS 7085, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 33
Title:
'Weapons and ornaments of the New Zelanders', drawing by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: New Zealand Date: [January – July 1771] Medium: Pen and ink, on paper Title inscribed on cartouche on framed drawing (upper centre): ‘WEAPONS and ORNAMENTS of the NEW ZELANDERS’. Key inscribed below the drawing: ‘1.2. Darts. 3 Spear. 4 Staff of Command or Halbert. 5 Weapons for figh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing

19. Add MS 7085, f i

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f i
Title:
'Charts, plans, views and drawings, taken on board his Majestys bark Endeavour in the years, 1768, 1769, and 1770; by Lieutt Jams Cook Commander' [title page for volume]
Scope & Content:
Likely to have been prepared before the publication of John Hawkesworth, An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere (London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773), along with the following list of contents on folio ii (R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770s
Extent:

1 folio

20. Add MS 7085, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7085, f 24
Title:
'A Plan of Mercury Bay', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Location: Mercury Bay, New Zealand Date: [November 1769] Scale: 3 inches = 3 miles (1:72,960) Title inscribed in ink (upper left): A PLAN OF MERCURY BAY on the N.E. COAST of NEW ZELAND in Lat 36° 48’ S. Linear scale below title: ‘A Scale of Miles’ (3 inches = 3 miles). Cook’s Admiralty MS r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1769
Extent:

1 map