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Title:
A plan of Niue by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on the plan is 'Savage Island', the name James Cook gave to the Island. A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: A view of Niue by Joseph Gilbert/Isaac Smith Location: Niue Date: [Jun 1774] Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour, on paper. Scale: 15’ of Longit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1774
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing

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Title:
A plan of Vatoa, Fiji, by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Inscribed on the plan is 'Turtle Reef and Island', which is the name James Cook gave to the Island. A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: Turtle Island Bearing SE a mile Distance, by Joseph Gilbert/Isaac Smith Location: Turtle Island [Vatoa], Fiji Date: [Jul 1774] Medium:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1774
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing

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Title:
A chart of South Sandwich Islands by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: A View of Bristol Island over Freezland Rock, by Joseph Gilbert/John Elliott Location: Freezland Rock, near Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands Date: [Jan-Feb 1775] Medium: Pen and Ink, and Grey Wash, with tints of Watercolour, on P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1775-Feb 1775
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing

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Title:
A chart of New Caledonia by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Two views are underneath the chart on the same sheet. View A Title: ‘[New] Caledonia when at Anchor in Ballarde [Balade] Harbour’, by Joseph Gilbert/John Elliott Location: Ballarde [Balade] Harbour, New Caledonia Date: [Sep-Oct 1774] Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour, on Paper The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1774-Oct 1774
Extent:
1 map, 2 drawings

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Title:
A chart of New Caledonia by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Two views are underneath the chart on the same sheet. View A Title: New Caledonia when at Anchor in Balade Harbour, by Joseph Gilbert/John Elliott Location: Balade Harbour, New Caledonia Date: [Sep-Oct 1774] Medium: Wash and Watercolour, on Paper View B Title: The Isle of Pines the highes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1774-Oct 1774
Extent:
1 map, 2 drawings

16. Add MS 15500, f 16

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Title:
A chart of South Georgia by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: The southern part of South Georgia, Green Island bearing north, by Joseph Gilbert/John Elliott Location: South Georgia Date: [Jan 1775] Medium: Pen and Ink, and Grey Washes, on Paper. Scale: 1o of Longitude = 3 inches (approx. 1:850,0...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1775
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing

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Title:
A chart of Vanuatu by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Four views are underneath the chart on the same sheet. View A Title: ‘The Entrance to Port Resolution bearing S.bE. one Mile’, by Joseph Gilbert/John Elliott Location: Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu Date: [Jul-Aug 1774] Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour, on Paper. The title as ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1774-Aug 1774
Extent:
1 map, 4 drawings

18. Add MS 15500, f 18

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Title:
A plan of Norfolk Island by James Cook, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: A view of Norfolk Island, a copy of Joseph Gilbert’s view, probably by John Elliott Location: Norfolk Island Date: [Oct 1774] Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour on paper. Scale: 10’ of Latitude = 5 inches (1:145,920) The drau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1774
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing

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Title:
‘Islands discovered by Mr. Byron 1764’ [Takaroa and Takapoto, King George Islands, Tuamotu Group, French Polynesia], by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Scale: 10’ of Latitude = 5 inches (1:145,920) The draughtsmanship of this map has been attributed to John Elliott on the grounds of style by Andrew David in The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992). The title ‘Islands discovered by Mr. Byron 1764’ is inscribed on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1774
Extent:
1 map

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Title:
A chart of the atolls Apatiki (upper right), Toau (lower right), Kaukura (lower left), and Arutua (upper left), of the Palliser Islands, Tuamotu Group, French Polynesia, by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet. Title: A View of one of the atolls of the Palliser Islands, by Joseph Gilbert/Isaac Smith Location: Palliser Islands, French Polynesia Date: [Apr 1774] Medium: Wash and Watercolour on Paper. Scale: 20’ of Latitude = 5 inches (1:291,840) Ano...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1774
Extent:
1 map, 1 drawing