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Add MS 7085, f 10
- Record Id:
- 040-003394571
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055625344.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 10
- Title:
- 'Views of High Islands in the South Sea', drawings by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson
- Scope & Content:
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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 Georges Island'. Drawing frame: 80 x 595 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Copied from drawing by Sydney Parkinson in British Library Add MS 9345, folios 45v-46.
b. 'A view on the NW Side of George’s Island distant 6 Leagues'. Drawing frame: 105 x 595 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Copied from a lost original by Sydney Parkinson. Cook’s Admiralty MS refers to this drawing in a marginal note (The National Archives ADM 55/40, folio 56v: ‘See plan No 6 & Views No 10’).
c. 'A View of the East Side of Huaheine'. Drawing frame: 603 x 604 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Copied from a lost original by Parkinson or Spöring.
d. 'A View of the N.E. Side of Bolabola'. Drawing frame: 80 x 595 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Similar drawing by Sydney Parkinson in British Library Add MS 9345, folios 55v-56.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394571 - 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 10 : 'Views of High Islands in the South Sea', drawings by Charles Praval, after Sydney Parkinson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0012]/040-003394571
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folio (4 drawings)
- 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, on paper
Dimensions:
Outer frame: 360 x 595 mm
Sheet: 380 x 624 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.127, 1.125, 1.135, 1.157
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Praval, Charles, Artist, fl 1770-1789