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Add MS 7085, f 1
- Record Id:
- 040-003394025
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055176093.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 1
- Title:
- 'A Chart of the Great South Sea or Pacifick Ocean', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Location: South Seas [Pacific Ocean].
Date: [November 1768 – January 1771].
Scale: 2 inches = 10° of longitude (approx. 1:18,970,000 in 30° S).
Title inscribed in ink at head of sheet: ‘A Chart of the Great South Sea or Pacifick Ocean Shewing the Track and Discoveries made by the Endeavour Bark in 1769 and 1770 by Lieutt J. Cook Commander.’
Note inscribed in ink lower centre: ‘NB. The Lands discovered by the Endeavour are Shaded those without shade are copied from Charts. The pricked Line shews her Track.’
Another version of the chart is at British Library Add MS 21593.D.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394025 - Is part of:
- Add MS 7085 : Charts, plans, views and drawings, taken on board H.M. bark Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769 and 1770, by Lieut. James Cook, Commander
Add MS 7085, f 1 : 'A Chart of the Great South Sea or Pacifick Ocean', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0003]/040-003394025
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1768
- End Date:
- 1771
- Date Range:
- Nov 1768-Jan 1771
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink on paper, laid on paper and linen backed.
Dimensions:
Chart frame: 452 x 1160 mm
Sheet: 510 x 1170 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.71.
- Publications:
- Reproduced in Historic Records of NSW (1893), plate 2; R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plate I; R A Skelton, Captain James Cook after two hundred years (1969), plate XVII (detail).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cook, James, explorer and naval officer, 1728-1779,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122779981,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/31994819
Smith, Isaac, Royal Navy officer, 1752-1831 - Places:
- Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean
South Seas, South Seas