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Add MS 7085, f 4
- Record Id:
- 040-003394028
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055176287.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 4
- Title:
- 'Sketch’s of the Islands, Lagoon, Thrum-cap, Bow-Island, and the two Groups, Bird-Island and Chain-Island, lying in the South-sea by Lieutenant Cook, Discoverd in Apl. 1769', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Location: [Tuamoto Archipelago]
Date: [April 1769]
Scale: 6 inches = 6 leagues (1:218880)
Six sketch plans on a single sheet of paper, with title above in box.
Title inscribed in top section of sheet, with and inscription: ‘Note, the prick’d lines shews the track of the Ship in which she pass’d the Islands’ (below title, right).
Linear scale below title: ‘A Scale of League to all the Islands’ (6 inches = 6 leagues)
Sketch plans titled:
- a. ‘LAGOON ISLAND. Latd. 18° 47’ So. Longd. 139° 28 W from Greenwich’ [Vahitahi]
- b. ‘THRUM CAP. Latitude 18° 35’ S. Longitude 139° 48’ W from Greenwich’ [Akiaki]
- c. ‘BOW ISLAND. Latitude 18° 23’ S. Longitude 141° 12’ W from Greenwich’ [Hao]
- d. ‘THE TWO GROUPS. Latitude 18° 12’ S. Longitude 142° 42’ W from Greenwich’ [Ravahere and Marokau]
- e. ‘ BIRD ISLAND. Latitude 17° 48’ S. Longitude 143° 35’ W from Greenwich’ [Reitoru]
- f. ‘CHAIN ISLAND. Latitude 17° 23’ S. Longitude 143° 54’ W from Greenwich’ [Anaa]
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394028 - 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 4 : 'Sketch’s of the Islands, Lagoon, Thrum-cap, Bow-Island, and the two Groups, Bird-Island and Chain-Island, lying in the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0006]/040-003394028
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 folio (6 maps)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1769
- Date Range:
- Apr 1769
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions:
Drawing frame: 438 x 565 mm
Sheet: 485 x 608 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.75, 1.82, 1.90, 1.98, 1.104, 1.109.
- Publications:
- Reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plate IVa
- 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 - Related Material:
- Cook’s Admiralty MS refers to these charts in marginal notes (The National Archives ADM 55/40, folios 37, 38, 39)