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1. Add MS 7085

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Add MS 7085
Title:
Charts, plans, views and drawings, taken on board H.M. bark Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769 and 1770, by Lieut. James Cook, Commander
Scope & Content:
Volume of 42 folios containing charts, plans, coastal views and drawings from Cook's first voyage. All executed in Indian ink, and previously all attributed to Cook. Recent scholarship suggests that, while Cook was responsible for the surveys, Isaac Smith may have been the draughtsman, while a n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1770
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 7085, f 43

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Add MS 7085, f 43
Title:
Provenance note
Scope & Content:
Description of following folio (Add MS 7085, f 44).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:

1 folio

3. Add MS 7085, f ii

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Title:
Contents page for volume of charts, plans, views and drawings from Cook's first voyage
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 preceding title page on folio i (Rüdiger ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770s
Extent:

1 folio

4. Add MS 7085, f 10

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Title:
'Views of High Islands in the South Sea', drawings by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson
Scope & Content:
Location: York Island [Moorea]. Georges Island [Tahiti]. Huaheine [Huahine]. Bolabola [Borabora] Date: [April – July 1769] Four views on several sheets of paper pasted together. Title inscribed in ink at head of folio, above the views. a. 'A View of York Island taken from Royal Bay in Georg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1769-Jul 1769
Extent:
1 folio (4 drawings)

5. Add MS 7085, f 23

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Title:
'Views of lands on the coast of New Zeland', drawings by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: [East Cape region, New Zealand] Date: [October 1769] Eight views of New Zealand, on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed. a) 'A View of the land between Cape Table and Gable-End Foreland'. Drawing frame: 76 x 1215 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Ink...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1769
Extent:

1 folio (8 drawings)

6. Add MS 7085, f 5

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Title:
'Views of Low Islands in the South Sea', drawings by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson
Scope & Content:
Location: [Tuamoto Archipelago. Tetiaroa] Date: [April 1769] Five views on a single sheet of paper, with title in the centre. Views titled: a. ‘Lagoon Island’ [Vahitahi] b. ‘Thrum Cap’ [Akiaki] c . ‘Bird Island’ [Reitoru] d. ‘Bow Island’ [Hao] e. ‘Tethuroa seen from the Hills of Otaheite’ [T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1769
Extent:
1 folio (5 drawings)

7. Add MS 7085, f 32

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Title:
'View of the head of a New Zeland canoe', drawing by Charles Praval, after Herman Diedrich Spöring
Scope & Content:
Location: New Zealand Date: [January – July 1771] Title inscribed in ink in border below the drawing, along with dimensions in feet and inches: ‘b.c. 2 feet, c.d. 3 feet 9 Inches, de. 3 ft. 7 In. af. 5 F. 10 In. the whole length of the Canoe 68 ½ Feet.’ Simplified copy of drawing by Herman D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing

8. Add MS 7085, f 12

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Title:
'A View near Ohamaneno Harbour in Ulietea', drawing by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson
Scope & Content:
Location: Ohamaneno Harbour in Ulietea [Haamene, Raiatea] Date: [January – July 1771] Title inscribed in ink in border below the drawing. Similar to a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, ‘House and plantation of a chief of the Island of Otaheite’, British Library Add MS 23921 f. 10b, with notable al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing

9. Add MS 7085, f 41

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Add MS 7085, f 41
Title:
'Views of Lands on the Coast of New South Wales', drawings by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: North-east Queensland coast Date: [June –August 1770] Five views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed, under the heading ‘Views of Lands on the Coast of New South Wales’. a) 'A view of Pentecost Island at the Southern entrance of Whitsundays Passage'. Drawing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1770-Aug 1770
Extent:

5 drawings

10. Add MS 7085, f 22

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Title:
'A view of the great natural arch at Tolaga', drawing by Charles Praval, after Herman Diedrich Spöring
Scope & Content:
Location: Tolaga Bay, New Zealand Date: [January – July 1771] Title inscribed in ink in border below the drawing. Copy of drawing by Herman Diedrich Spöring, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, PXD 11, V. Another version is in British Library, Add MS 23920, f. 39.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:

1 drawing