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Add MS 37327
- Record Id:
- 032-002053645
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002053645
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000330
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37327
- Title:
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JOURNAL kept on the third voyage of Captain James Cook to the South Seas; 20 Feb.-30 Mar. 1778,16 Jan.-1 May, 1779. There is no internal evidence to indicate the author, but he was probably John Law, surgeon on the "Discovery" (see the list of officers in A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, etc., 1784, vol. i., p. 11). The two sections begin at opposite ends of the MS. The earlier entries (ff. 48-52) are very brief, but those from 16 Jan. 1779 onwards (ff. 1-47) are fuller, and interesting details are given of events in Owhyhee [Hawaii] at the time of the death of Capt. Cook. Some of the matter is cancelled and rewritten (e.g. ff. 8 b, 53). For another Journal, by David Samwell, also called "surgeon of the 'Discovery,'" but not included in the list as above, see Egerton MS. 2591. Paper; ff. 53. 7/8 in. x 6¼ in. Presented by C. G. Lawrence- Law, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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Voyages and Travels: Journal of Capt. Cook's third voyage, by J. Law: 1778-1779.
John Law, surgeon of HMS 'Discovery': Journal on Capt. Cook's last voyage: 1778-1779.
Diaries and Memoranda: J. Law, surgeon of H.M.S. " Discovery": 1778-1779.
Captain James Cook: Journals of his third voyage, by J. Law (?): 1778-1779.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002053645
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002053645
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_37327&index=0 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1778
- End Date:
- 1779
- Date Range:
- 1778-1779
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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