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1. Add MS 37631

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Add MS 37631
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PAPERS of Capt. John Clunies Ross, first real settler on the Cocos or Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean, mostly concerned with his relations with Alexander Hare settled for a time on another island of the same group (cf. J. C. Ross's Statement regarding the Settlement of the Cocos Islands, 1837), viz.:- 1. Letter of Ross to J. L. Adam, enclosing the following articles; Cocos, April, 1854. f. 1. 2. "Outlines of Facts, by A. Hare," filled in by Ross, copied by John George Hendrik Dill in...
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CM. John Clunies Ross: Papers on the settlement of the Cocoa or Keeling Islands: 1824-1854. Alexander Hare, merchant: Papers relating to his settlement in the Cocos or Keeling Islands: 1824-1854. Cocos, or Keeling Islands: Papers on the settlement of, by J. C. Ross: 1824-1854. includes: ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1854
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 38076 D

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Add MS 38076 D
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D. 1-108. Asia, viz. 1, 2, Arabia; 3, 4, Persia; 5, 6, Maldive and Laccadive Islands; 7-15 Ceylon; 16-44, India; 45-50, Burma; 51-53, Anam; 54-56, Lower Siam; 57-60, Malacca Straits; 61-64, Sunda Straits; 65-70, Sumatra; 71-76, Java ; 77-80, Borneo; 81-91, Philippine Islands; 92-102, Islands of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 71702

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Add MS 71702
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COCOS OR KEELING ISLANDS. 'Plan van de Eilanden Kokos of Keeling naar een M.S. ingezonden door den Luitenant ter Zee H.A.V. Karnebeek 1828 . . . A.K. Weddiktz tekenaar'. Scale circa 1:45000. Scale bar of 6 'Engelsche mijlen' (= 7.375 inches). Dutch. The chart predates the claims of both the Dutch and the British to the islands, which had been discovered by Capt. William Keeling in 1609 on a journey out of Batavia. Direction Island was settled by Capt. Ross and his family circa 1826 but he wa...
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Maps and Plans: Lieutenant H. A. V. Karnebeek, of the Dutch Navy: Cocos, or Keeling Islands: Map of Cocos or Keeling Is. by Lieut. H. A. V. Karnebeek: 1828: Dutch.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
[1828]
Extent:
1 item