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Place Society Islands, South Pacific Ocean

1. Add MS 7085, f 9

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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

2. Add MS 7085, f 11

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Add MS 7085, f 11
Title:
'A Chart of the Society Isles', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
Scope & Content:
Location: Society Islands Date: [July – August 1769] Scale: 1:218,880 Title inscribed in ink in frame, upper right: ‘A CHART OF THE SOCIETY ISLES IN THE SOUTH SEA BY LIEUTENANT I. COOK Commander of the ENDEAVOUR BARK discoverd the 16th of July 1769’. Linear scale below title: ‘A Scale of Lea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1769-Aug 1769
Extent:

1 map

3. Add MS 7085, f 13

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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

4. Add MS 21593 C

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Add MS 21593 C
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Scope & Content:
C. The Society Islands; 1769, by James Cook. Society Islands: Chart of by Capt.J. Cook.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 41463

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Add MS 41463
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Scope & Content:
MARTIN PAPERS. Vol. CXVIII. General correspondence of Sir Henry Byam Martin; 7 Jan. 1834-11 Feb. 1855. Paper; ff. 491. Folio. Society Islands: Papers conc. British and French relations in: 1843.: Engl. and Fr. includes: ff. 1, 466, 477, 479, 480, 486 Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin, KCB: Cor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Tahitian, and Turkish
Date Range:
7 Jan 1834-11 Feb 1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 43241

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Add MS 43241
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Scope & Content:
Vol.CCIII(ff.380). May- Nov. 1843. includes: ff. 1, 187-191 b Sir George Sinclair, of Ulbster, 2nd Baronet (1835): Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1842-1844.f. 4 William Sim, formerly Provost of Montrose: Letter to Lord Aberdeen: 1843.ff. 6, 145-151 Count Ladislas Zamoyski,; nephew of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Norwegian
Date Range:
May 1843-Nov 1843
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 43242

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Add MS 43242
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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCIV (ff. 349). Dec. 1843-May 1844. includes: f. 1 Sir Richard Jenkins, formerly MP: Letter to Lord Aberdeen: 1843. ff. 3,4b Henry Lipscomb, solicitor: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1843. ff. 5, 6b William Lockhart, MP: Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1843. ff. 7, 251 Society Isla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Dec 1843-May 1844
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 43243

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Add MS 43243
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Vol. CCV (ff. 381). June- 1844. includes: ff. 1-4 b, 26 Comte Ange de St Priest,; editor of 'Antiquités Mexicaines': Correspondence, etc., with Lord Aberdeen: 1843-1844.: Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.ff. 1-4b City of Mexico: Papers rel. to proposed antiquarian expedition to: 1844.: Fr.: P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1844-1844
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 43244

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Add MS 43244
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Scope & Content:
Vol. CCVI (ff. 369). Jan.- Sept.1845. includes: f. 1 R. B. Hughes, of Liverpool: Letter to Lord Aberdeen: 1845.ff. 3-5b Admiral Sir William James Hope-Johnstone, KCB: K.C.B. 1862. Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1845.ff. 7-8 b Dudley Fieschi Heneage, Foreign Office messenger: Correspo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jan 1845-Sep 1845
Extent:
1 item