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Add MS 7085, f 6
- Record Id:
- 040-003394031
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055176328.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 6
- Title:
- 'A Plan of King Georges Island or Otaheite', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Location: Otaheite [Tahiti]
Date: [April – July 1769]
Scale: 1 inch = 1 mile (1:72,960)
Title inscription: ‘A PLAN OF KING GEORGES ISLAND OR OTAHEITE. BY LIEUTENANT I. COOK 1769 Discover’d by Captn Wallis the 19th June 1767’.
Linear scale below title: ‘A SCALE OF MILES’ (8 inches = 8 miles).
Cook’s Admiralty MS refers to this chart in a marginal note (The National Archives ADM 55/40, folio 56v).
Other versions of this chart are in British Library, Add MS 21593.B, and Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394031 - 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 6 : 'A Plan of King Georges Island or Otaheite', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0008]/040-003394031
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1769
- Date Range:
- Apr 1769-Jul 1769
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink, and wash, on paper, linen backed
Dimensions:
Chart frame: 625 x 745 mm
Sheet: 645 x 773 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.115
- Publications:
- Reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plate V
- Exhibitions:
- Bicentenary of First Cook Voyage Exhibition, British Museum, 19 July 1968 - 27 October 1968
- 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:
- Tahiti, Pacific Ocean