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1. Add MS 27889

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Add MS 27889
Title:
1. TABLE of contents, introduction, and preface to Captain Cook's journal of voyage. Autograph, except the introduction. f. 1. 2. Letter, unsigned,of [Captain James Cook] to -, enclosing part of his journal for 1772 ; Mile End, 16 Feb., s.a.; ff. 27-82. 3. Account of New Zealand, from the journal of the first voyage in the "Endeavour," 1769. Copy. ff. 83, 131. 4. Sailing directions in the English Channel and elsewhere, f. 99. 5. Miscellaneous remarks, f. 133. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Logs and journals of Cook's voyages: 1768-1779.: Autogr. South Seas: Log-books and accounts of voyages of Captains Cook and Furneaux: 1768-1779. James Cook, Captain, RN: Log-books and papers connected with his voyages: 1768-1775.: Autogr. includes: ff. 83, 131 New Zealan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769-1772
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 30368

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Add MS 30368
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1. JOURNALS Of two voyages in the South Atlantic Ocean, in H.M. Pink " Paramore," for the discovery of the variation of the compass, by Edmund Halley, Commander; 20 Oct. 1698-11 July, 1699, and 16 Sept. 1699-10 Sept. 1700. The first Journal is signed. ff. 1, 10. 2. " A Journall of a Voiage in his Matties Pink, The Paramore: for discovery of the Course of the Tides in the Channell of England. By Edmond Halley, Commander., Anno 1701." Hologr. f. 37. Paper; ff. 47. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Scientific voyages of E. Halley in the S. Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel: 1698-1701. Edmund Halley, FRS; astronomer: Scientific voyages in the S. Atlantic and English Channel: 1698-1701. includes: ff. 1, 10 Compass, Mariner's: E. Halley's voyages for the discovery...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1698-1701
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 74751 A-B

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Add MS 74751 A-B
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INVASION PLANS: Anon. (Ministère de la Marine) 'Cartes rélatives à un projet de descente sur les côtes d'angleterre, précédées d'un tableau des ports, Bayes et Rades de France, depuis Dunkerque, Jusqu'à Antibes' [ca.1762]. The volume contains (ff. 2-10) tables listing the principal French ports, the number of ships and sailors that could be assembled in each port, bay and road, the soundings at high and low water, their geographical situations and distances from each other by land and sea, t...
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Military Tactics: France General: France. Ministère de la Marine: Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, France: English Channel: Dunkirk, Nord: Plans of coast from Dunkirk to Antibes: circa 1762: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1762
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